Severe thrombocytopenia due to hypersplenism treated with partial splenic embolisation
A 35-year-old woman with background of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension secondary to chronic hepatitis C presented with complication of hypersplenism and thrombocytopenia. She developed severe menorrhagia requiring multiple blood transfusions. In addition, her interferon therapy was withheld...
Published in: | BMJ Case Reports |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2013
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Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84880693088&doi=10.1136%2fbcr-2013-010163&partnerID=40&md5=bddf68d2432390aa08c9552305f782b1 |