Covid-19 presenting as isolated severe thrombocytopenia in an HIV-lymphoma survivor

Manu Madan; Imtiyaz Shareef; Arun Raja; Tanima Dwivedi; Saurabh Mittal; Biswajeet Sahoo; Ved Prakash Meena; Pawan Tiwari; Anant Mohan; Saumayaranjan Mallick

doi:10.25259/NMJI_477_21

Covid-19 presenting as isolated severe thrombocytopenia in an HIV-lymphoma survivor

Natl Med J India. 2022 Jul-Aug;35(4):235-236. doi: 10.25259/NMJI_477_21.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
² Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
³ Department of Laboratory Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.
⁴ Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India.

PMID: 36715033
DOI: 10.25259/NMJI_477_21

Abstract

Coronavirus disease has myriad manifestations and can present with predominantly extrapulmonary manifestations. We describe a 50-year-old man, a person living with HIV (PLHA), a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, who presented with isolated severe thrombocytopenia. He was found to have immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, and showed excellent response to intravenous immunoglobulins.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / diagnosis
HIV Infections* / complications
HIV Infections* / diagnosis
Humans
Lymphoma*
Male
Middle Aged
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic*
Thrombocytopenia* / diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia* / etiology