Immune Thrombocytopenia Secondary to COVID-19 in a Vitamin B12-Deficient Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Therapeutic Challenge

Mohanty, Bijaya; Ansari, Zeya; Koshy, Binu; Sunder, Ashok

doi:10.7759/cureus.40199

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Immune Thrombocytopenia Secondary to COVID-19 in a Vitamin B12-Deficient Patient: A Diagnostic Dilemma and Therapeutic Challenge

Published in Cureus • Jun 9, 2023

Authors:

Bijaya Mohanty

Zeya Ansari

Binu Koshy

Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) caused by infectious and non-infectious conditions has been reported in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients too. Here we present a 64-year-old male patient with post-COVID-19 pneumonia who presented with a gastrointestinal bleed and was found to have severe iso...

Subject

Medicine

Vitamin B12

Eltrombopag

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