Documented sudden onset of pseudothrombocytopenia.
A 66-year-old male patient was hospitalized for severe heart failure. Within 3 days after admission his platelet count dropped from 148 x 10(9)/l to 3 x 10(9)/l. Pseudothrombocytopenia was diagnosed based on the platelet count of 3 x 10(9)/l in K3-EDTA anticoagulated blood as opposed to 110 x 10(9)/l in sodium citrate. Platelet reactive antibodies were not detectable. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a documented onset of pseudothrombocytopenia.
Gschwandtner
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Department of Cardiology, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien, University of Vienna, Austria.
Siostrzonek
P
P
Bodinger
C
C
Neunteufl
T
T
Zauner
C
C
Heinz
G
G
Maurer
G
G
Panzer
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010976:Platelet Count; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors
D000906:Antibodies; D016824:Antigens, Human Platelet