A rare case of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to breast cancer

Huegli, Sophie; Hugli, Anne; Simonetta, Federico; Chalandon, Yves

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1939

Scientific article

Case report

English

A rare case of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to breast cancer

ContributorsHuegli, Sophie; Hugli, Anne; Simonetta, Federico; Chalandon, Yves

Published inClinical Case Reports, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 170-174

Publication date2019

Abstract

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is in rare cases secondary to solid tumors, particularly breast cancer. In these cases, the clinical course of the ITP may follow the clinical course of the primary tumor, and remission of the ITP may be induced by treatment of the primary tumor.

Keywords

Autoimmunity
Breast cancer
Purpura
Thrombocytopenia

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Leucémie et transplantation allogénique de cellules souches hématopoïétiques (982)

Citation (ISO format)

HUEGLI, Sophie et al. A rare case of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to breast cancer. In: Clinical Case Reports, 2019, vol. 7, n° 1, p. 170–174. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1939

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:132760
DOI : 10.1002/ccr3.1939
PMID : 30656035

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333068/

Journal ISSN2050-0904

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A rare case of immune thrombocytopenia secondary to breast cancer

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is in rare cases secondary to solid tumors, particularly breast cancer. In these cases, the clinical course of the ITP may follow the clinical course of the primary tumor, and remission of the ITP may be induced by treatment of the primary tumor.

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