Emergency Splenectomy in a patient with primary immune thrombocytopenia and hemoperitoneum

Primary immune thrombocytopenia is an acquired autoimmune disease, with a very variable clinical course, which causes an accelerated destruction by antibodies and an impaired platelet production. A case of a 40 year-old female patient of rural origin with a history of mitral stenosis and atrial fibr...

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Main Authors: Liermis Michael Dita Salabert, José Eduardo Consuegra Díaz, Carlos Jaime Geroy
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2013-08-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/2279