Multi-anticoagulant and EDTA dependent pseudothrombocytopenia. Case reports on two pediatric patients

Pseudotrombocitopenia este o anomalie in vitro legată de recoltarea probei de sânge, care poate conduce în mod eronat la diagnosticarea unei afecțiuni mai grave și anume trombocitopenia. Acest fenomen apare atunci când anticoagulantul folosit pentru recoltarea probelor de sânge în vederea testării acestora cauzează agregarea trombocitară, mimând astfel un număr scăzut de trombocite fără ca pacientul să prezinte semnele clinice ale unei trombocitopenii. Această anomalie poate determina efectuarea unor investigatii inutile, costisitoare și invazive, și chiar instituirea unui tratament nejustificat. În acest articol prezentăm două cazuri de pseudotrombocitopenie diagnosticată la pacienți pediatrici

Research and Science Today Supplement No. 2/2014

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