Occurrence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with essential thrombocythemia: How the immune system can overcome a neoplastic clone

Antonio Carruale; Francesco Longu; Francesca Mura; Giovanni Caocci; Giorgio La Nasa; Claudio Fozza

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3121

Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2020)

Occurrence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with essential thrombocythemia: How the immune system can overcome a neoplastic clone

Antonio Carruale,
Francesco Longu,
Francesca Mura,
Giovanni Caocci,
Giorgio La Nasa,
Claudio Fozza

Affiliations

Antonio Carruale: Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy
Francesco Longu: Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy
Francesca Mura: Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy
Giovanni Caocci: Department of Medical Sciences University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy
Giorgio La Nasa: Department of Medical Sciences University of Cagliari Cagliari Italy
Claudio Fozza: Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences University of Sassari Sassari Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3121
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 2132 – 2134

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Abstract Our case highlights the possible coexistence of essential thrombocythemia (ET) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), two pathological entities with opposite clinical and laboratory manifestations. It also underlines how an autoimmune attack has been temporarily able to overcome a neoplastic clone.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904

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