Massive Platelet Clumping on Peripheral Blood Smear and Pseudothrombocytopenia in a Patient with COVID-19

Balkan Med J. 2021 May;38(3):194. doi: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2021.20229.

Authors

Ferda Can¹, Derda Gökçe², Tekin Güney³, Sema Akıncı¹, İmdat Dilek²

Affiliations

¹ Clinic of Hematology, Ministry of Health, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Hematology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Clinic of Hematology, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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COVID-19 / blood*
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / physiopathology
COVID-19 / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Hematologic Tests / methods*
Humans
Male
Patient Care / methods
Platelet Count / methods*
SARS-CoV-2
Thrombocytopenia* / diagnosis
Thrombocytopenia* / etiology