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| Year : 2006 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 29-31 |
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Inappropriate platelet transfusion in a patient with ethylenediamine tetra- acetic acid (EDTA)--induced pseudothrombocytopenia.
N Kakkar, G Garg
Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
Correspondence Address:
N Kakkar
Department of Pathology, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab
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PMID: 16625970 
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Automated platelet counts in the laboratory may be fictitiously low at times and require manual confirmation. Ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid (EDTA) in few patients and healthy individuals can induce platelet aggregation, giving rise to a spuriously low automated platelet count. This phenomenon which occurs due to the presence of IgG antibodies, if unrecognized, can result in incorrect diagnosis and consequent inappropriate treatment. We present a patient who received inappropriate platelet transfusion as a result of EDTA induced spurious thrombocytopenia. |
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