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Multiple cerebral infarctions in a patient with refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

T Otsuki1, T Funakawa, T Sugihara

  • 1Department of Hygiene, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.

Multiple cerebral infarctions were observed in a patient with refractory idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who was positive for lupus anticoagulant (LAC) when her platelet counts were 2000 microL-1. It is suspected that LAC may have played an important role in the pathogenesis of this patient's cerebral infarctions, although she had severe thrombocytopenia.

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