[Pseudothrombopenia (proceedings)].
Two cases of spurious thrombocytopenia are reported, one induced by platelet satellitism and the other by platelet aggregation. These phenomena occur in vitro, only in the presence of EDTA and are linked with the presence of IgG in the patients' sera.
D000368:Aged; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000276:immunology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology; D010974:Platelet Aggregation; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology*
D004492:Edetic Acid
Pseudothrombopénies.