Misdiagnosis of type 2B von Willebrand disease as immune thrombocytopenia in a thrombocytopenic patient

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2024 Mar 8;62(9):e212-e214. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2023-0891. Print 2024 Aug 27.
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Keywords: blood smear; long-lasting thrombocytopenia; platelet.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic* / complications
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic* / diagnosis
  • Thrombocytopenia / complications
  • Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis
  • von Willebrand Disease, Type 2* / blood
  • von Willebrand Disease, Type 2* / complications
  • von Willebrand Disease, Type 2* / diagnosis
  • von Willebrand Factor / analysis

Substances

  • von Willebrand Factor