[A Case of Platinum-Resistant Recurrent Ovarian Cancer with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura]

In the present report, the patient was a 55-year-old woman who had undergone an oophorectomy in October 2016 as surgical intervention for ovarian cancer, followed by 6 courses of TC therapy as postoperative adjuvant therapy. She was diagnosed with recurrent ovarian cancer in August 2017, and we planned anticancer drug treatment considering that the tumor exhibited platinum resistance. However, the platelet count decreased significantly to 2.4×104/μL. Accordingly, she was referred to the hematology department and was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. She was started on oral eltrombopag, and her platelet level recovered to 5.8×104/μL on day 68. Next, gemcitabine plus bevacizumab therapy was initiated. However, as the platelet level again decreased to 1.6×104/μL on day 8, the eltrombopag dose was increased only for 5 days before and after the anticancer drug administration on day 1. Accordingly, after increasing the eltrombopag dose, the anticancer drug treatment was performed without interruptions. Moreover, the gemcitabine dose could be increased. Herein, we report that in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer complicated with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, increasing the oral hematopoietic stimulant dose for 5 days before and after day 1 had beneficial results in continuing anticancer drug treatment.