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Psychodrug-induced and EDTA associated thrombocytopenia: important factors in the differential diagnosis of low platelet counts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

H Hampel ,
C Berger  and
F Müller-Spahn
H Hampel
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health, National institute on Aging, Laboratory of Neurosciences, Building 10, Room 6C414, Bethesda, MD, USA
C Berger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Munich, D-80336Munich, Germany
F Müller-Spahn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Basle, CH-4025 Basle, Switzerland
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Summary

We report the case of a 68-year-old depressive patient who developed severe thrombocytopenia during hospitalization. EDTA-associated thrombocytopenia and psychodrug-induced thrombocytopenia are illustrated as potential causes of low platelet counts, particularly in regard to psychiatric patients.

Keywords

thrombocytopeniapsychodrug-induced thrombocytopeniaEDTA-associated pseudothrombocytopenia
Type
Short communications
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 8 , 1996 , pp. 416 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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