Occurrence of immune thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with essential thrombocythemia: How the immune system can overcome a neoplastic clone

Abstract Our case highlights the possible coexistence of essential thrombocythemia (ET) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), two pathological entities with opposite clinical and laboratory manifestations. It also underlines how an autoimmune attack has been temporarily able to overcome a n...

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Main Authors: Antonio Carruale, Francesco Longu, Francesca Mura, Giovanni Caocci, Giorgio La Nasa, Claudio Fozza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-11-01
Series:Clinical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3121