Successful treatment of severe thrombocytopenia with romiplostim in a pregnant patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
Abstract
We present a case of a pregnant woman at 27 weeks of gestation with systemic lupus erythematosus who developed severe thrombocytopenia presenting with melena, epistaxis, gum bleeding and frank hematuria. She was resistant to most treatment modalities, including steroids, intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG), rituximab, IV cyclophosphamide and eltrombopag. She responded to romiplostim with normalization of her platelet count, which enabled her to...
Paper Details
Title
Successful treatment of severe thrombocytopenia with romiplostim in a pregnant patient with systemic lupus erythematosus
Published Date
Nov 16, 2012
Journal
Volume
21
Issue
14
Pages
1571 - 1574
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