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Lecture 7: Not All Thrombocytopenia is ITP

Alfred Ian Lee MD, PhD
Presentation Date: 
October 17, 2024
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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

> 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.

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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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