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Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Secondary to Sarcoidosis
Aisha Barlas1, Lintu Ramachandran1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Javon Bea Hospital, Rockford, USA.
Abstract:
Sarcoidosis is a systemic granulomatous disease involving multiple organs with predominantly pulmonary manifestations. Severe thrombocytopenia is a relatively rare hematologic manifestation of sarcoidosis. Immune thrombocytopenia is usually characterized by excessive antibody production leading to platelet destruction. There are a few reported cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to sarcoidosis, but the pathophysiologic mechanism remains unknown. We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who presented severe thrombocytopenia and was found to have immune thrombocytopenic purpura secondary to sarcoidosis.
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