Blood smear and fluorescence based platelet count are key in a case of cryoglobulin masked thrombocytopenia

Int J Lab Hematol. 2023 Dec;45(6):825-827. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.14142. Epub 2023 Jul 30.

Authors

Marnix Mylemans¹, Nancy Boeckx^{1

2}, Daan Dierickx^{2

3}, Mercedeh Tajdar¹, Christine van Laer^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
² Department of Oncology, Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Centre for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 37519031
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.14142

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia*
Blood Platelets
Cryoglobulins
Humans
Leukopenia*
Platelet Count
Thrombocytopenia* / diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia* / etiology

Substances

Cryoglobulins