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Lecture 7: Not All Thrombocytopenia is ITP
Alfred Ian Lee MD, PhD
Presentation Date:
October 23, 2025
> Thrombocytopenia is a common reason for a hematology consult.
> While one should consider ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia) when a patient presents with a new diagnosis of thrombocytopenia, one needs to consider a wide range of other disorders as well.
Alfred Ian Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology
Program Director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship
Yale School of Medicine
alfred.lee@yale.edu
Disclosures: None
> This slide shows severe thrombocytopenia.
> One must consider a range of processes and diseases, and not assume the patient has ITP.
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