HEMATOLOGY

Diagnosis: Congenital Macrothrombocytopenia

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Platelet size Disease OMIM Inheritance Gene Features Small Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome 301000 X WAS Immunodeficiency X-linked thrombocytopenia 313900 X WAS No immunodeficiency FYB thrombocytopenia na AR FYB Activated platelets Normal ANKRD26…

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in General

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Artificial thrombocytopenia  Platelet aggregation caused by insufficient anticoagulation  Platelet aggregation caused by EDTA-dependent immunoglobulin (pseudothrombocytopenia)  Giant platelets Decreased platelet production  Congenital thrombocytopenia   MYH9-related macrothrombocytopenia   Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome   Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT),…

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Manifestations of ITP in Children

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Newly diagnosed ITP Resolution within 3 months of diagnosis Persistent ITP Resolution 3–12 months from diagnosis; includes patients not reaching spontaneous remission or not maintaining complete response off therapy Chronic…

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in Pregnancy

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  International consensus report ASH BSCH Japan First-line Prednisone/prednisolone (10–20 mg/day) IVIG (dose not specified) IV anti-D Prednisone/prednisolone (1 mg/kg/day) IVIG (1 g/kg for 2 days) Prednisone/prednisolone (1 mg/kg/day) IVIG…

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Transfusion

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Bleeding risk Reference Fever (38.5 °C<) [13] Infection [13] Anticoagulant drugs [14] Amphotericin use [10, 15] Hypoalbuminemia [16] Uremia [16] Recent bleeding episodes [16] Recent bone marrow transplantation [16] Acute…

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(Syk Inhibitor and Other Medications)

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© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017Yoji Ishida and Yoshiaki Tomiyama (eds.)Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia 10.1007/978-981-10-4142-6_18 Others (Syk Inhibitor and Other Medications) Yoji Ishida1   (1) Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School…

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Receptor Agonists

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Fig. 1 Structure and binding site of romiplostim and eltrombopag. Upper panel: romiplostim is a “peptibody” and TPO receptor-binding domain consists of 14 amino acids (Ile-Glu-Gly-Pro-Thr-Leu-Arg-Gln-Trp-Leu-Ala-Ala-Arg-Ala), and eltrombopag is a…

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Rituximab

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Fig. 1 Phase III trial for Japanese population. Box plots of platelet counts of patients who met primary response are shown in this figure. The time to response is around…

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Splenectomy

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© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017Yoji Ishida and Yoshiaki Tomiyama (eds.)Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia 10.1007/978-981-10-4142-6_15 Splenectomy Shugo Kowata1   and Yoji Ishida1   (1) Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka,…

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Immunoglobulin

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© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017Yoji Ishida and Yoshiaki Tomiyama (eds.)Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia 10.1007/978-981-10-4142-6_14 High-Dose Immunoglobulin Tatsuo Oyake1   and Yoji Ishida1   (1) Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine,…

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