Thrombocytopenic purpura as the sole manifestation of a recurrence of Hodgkin's disease

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1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology

Vol. 26 (1) , 70-72
https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.26.1.70

Abstract

A man with apparently quiescent Hodgkin's disease presented with acute severe isolated thrombocytopenic purpura. Splenectomy revealed macroscopic involvement with Hodgkin's tissue and cured the thrombocytopenia.

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