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Tan GC, Stalling M, Dennis G, et al. Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature. Case Rep Hematol. 2016;2016:3036476doi: 10.1155/2016/3036476.
Tan, G. C., Stalling, M., Dennis, G., Nunez, M., & Kahwash, S. B. (2016). Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature. Case reports in hematology, 20163036476. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3036476
Tan, Geok Chin, et al. "Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature." Case reports in hematology vol. 2016 (2016): 3036476. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/3036476
Tan GC, Stalling M, Dennis G, Nunez M, Kahwash SB. Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature. Case Rep Hematol. 2016;2016:3036476. doi: 10.1155/2016/3036476. Epub 2016 Dec 04. PMID: 28044112; PMCID: PMC5164902.
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Case Rep Hematol. 2016;2016:3036476. doi: 10.1155/2016/3036476. Epub 2016 Dec 04.

Pseudothrombocytopenia due to Platelet Clumping: A Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature.

Case reports in hematology

Geok Chin Tan, Melissa Stalling, Gretchen Dennis, Maria Nunez, Samir B Kahwash

Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA; Department of Pathology, National University of Malaysia, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  2. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.

PMID: 28044112 PMCID: PMC5164902 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3036476

Abstract

Platelet clumping is a common laboratory phenomenon that complicates or precludes reporting of platelet count. It is often, but not always, a phenomenon commonly caused by the anticoagulant EDTA. Herein, we discuss a case of a 14-year-old girl who was found to have platelet clumping and discuss the work-up she underwent to investigate her pseudothrombocytopenia.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there are no competing interests regarding the publication of this paper.

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