A unique case of splenic rupture secondary to vaccine‐induced immune thrombocytopenia managed with splenic embolization.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Magee, Daniel; Shepherd, Talia; Krisnadi, Zoe; Yau, Ho‐Cing Victor; Samuelson, Shaun; Radeski, Dejan
- Source
- ANZ Journal of Surgery. Jul2022, Vol. 92 Issue 7, p1949-1951. 3p.
- Subject
- *SPLENIC rupture
*IDIOPATHIC thrombocytopenic purpura
*DISSEMINATED intravascular coagulation
*LOSS of consciousness
*MESENTERIC veins
*ACUTE abdomen
- Language
- ISSN
- 1445-1433
Procoagulant formation partially inhibited with 0.5 IU/mL of heparin, full inhibition with 100 IU/mL of heparin, monoclonal antibody IV.3 and intravenous immunoglobulin. Her functional procoagulant platelet VITT assay was consistent with a VITT pattern (Fig. The diagnosis was confirmed by heparin/PF4 antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) which was strongly positive with an optical density of 2.254. [Extracted from the article]