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Case Report

Unusual Hematologic Disease Affecting Caucasian Children Traveling to Southeast Asia: Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia

by
Anselm Chi-wai Lee
Children’s Haematology and Cancer Centre, Mount Elizabeth Hospital Level 4, 3 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore 228510, Singapore
Hematol. Rep. 2012, 4(1), e5; https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2012.e5
Submission received: 10 September 2011 / Revised: 3 January 2012 / Accepted: 9 January 2012 / Published: 8 February 2012

Abstract

An 11-year-old American boy was staying with his family in Indonesia. He presented with a 5-month history of recurrent bruises and ecchymosis. A clinical diagnosis of acquired platelet dysfunction with eosinophilia was made when his full blood counts showed hypereosinophilia (7.4 × 109/L) with normal platelet count and gray platelets under the microscope. The diagnosis was supported by abnormal platelet aggregation tests consistent with a storage pool disorder. The bleeding symptoms and eosinophilia resolved a month later with a full course of antihelminthic therapy. Hematologists should be aware of this unusual disease in travelers returning from the Southeast Asia.
Keywords: acquired platelet dysfunction; eosinophilia; hemorrhage; thrombocytopathy acquired platelet dysfunction; eosinophilia; hemorrhage; thrombocytopathy

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Lee, A.C.-w. Unusual Hematologic Disease Affecting Caucasian Children Traveling to Southeast Asia: Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia. Hematol. Rep. 2012, 4, e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2012.e5

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Lee AC-w. Unusual Hematologic Disease Affecting Caucasian Children Traveling to Southeast Asia: Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia. Hematology Reports. 2012; 4(1):e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2012.e5

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Lee, Anselm Chi-wai. 2012. "Unusual Hematologic Disease Affecting Caucasian Children Traveling to Southeast Asia: Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia" Hematology Reports 4, no. 1: e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2012.e5

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Lee, A. C. -w. (2012). Unusual Hematologic Disease Affecting Caucasian Children Traveling to Southeast Asia: Acquired Platelet Dysfunction with Eosinophilia. Hematology Reports, 4(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.4081/hr.2012.e5

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