Case Report
An Unusual Cause of Secondary ITP in a 34-Year-Old Hispanic Male
| | | Laboratory values |
| | White blood cells | 5.5 × 10∗3 (3.4–10.8 × 10∗3) microliter (uL) | | Red blood cells | 5.0 × 10∗6 (4.14–5.80 × 10∗6) uL | | Platelet count on admission | 50 × 10∗3 (150–450 × 10∗3) uL | | Platelet count a year ago | 91 × 10∗3 (150–450 × 10∗3) uL | | Platelet count 1 week into therapy | 105 × 10∗3 (150–450 × 10∗3) uL | | Platelet count 5 weeks after triple therapy | 178 × 10∗3 (150–450 × 10∗3) uL | | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate | 3 (0–15) millimeter per hour (mm/hr) | | C-reactive protein | <1 (0–10) milligram per liter (mg/L) | | Hepatitis B surface antigen | Negative | | Hepatitis B surface antibody, quantitative | >10,000 (immunity >9.9) milli-international units per milliliter (mIU/mL) | | Aspartate aminotransferase | 19 (0–40) international units per liter (IU/L) | | Alanine transaminase | 25 (0–44) IU/L | | Human immunodeficiency virus antigen/antibody 4th generation | Nonreactive | | Hepatitis C antibody | <0.1 (0.0–0.9) signal-to-cutoff ratio (s/co ro) | | Antinuclear antibody | Negative | | Serotonin release assay | Negative |
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