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Refractory Thrombocytopenia in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Prior Immune Thrombocytopenia, Not Responsive to an Accessory Splenectomy

Neil L. Kao, Pellegrino Musto, G. Wendell Richmond

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Abstract

We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that was preceded by immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). She subsequently developed refractory thrombocytopenia. An accessory spleen was found and removed, however, she continued to have severe thrombocytopenia.

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We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that was preceded by immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). She subsequently developed refractory thrombocytopenia. An accessory spleen was found and removed, however, she continued to have severe thrombocytopenia.

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We report a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that was preceded by immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). She subsequently developed refractory thrombocytopenia. An accessory spleen was found and removed, however, she continued to have severe thrombocytopenia.

Key concepts: Medicine, Immune thrombocytopenia, Splenectomy, Refractory (planetary science), Autoimmune thrombocytopenia, Immunology, Lupus erythematosus, Spleen

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