Anemia and Thrombocytopenia

Shirley P. Levine, MD

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

This case was reviewed and updated in November 2011 by Dr. Howard Liebman and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

I. HISTORY

PATIENT PRESENTATION

A 32-year-old African-American woman comes to the ER complaining of episodic orbital headaches, difficulty moving her tongue, difficulty speaking, and intermittent numbness of her extremities for the last week.

A CBC was ordered as a part of her initial workup. Upon receiving the results, the ER physician calls you. 

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