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2022 Jul


Cureus


14


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Unexpected Thrombocytopenia in a Parturient With Evans Syndrome Complicated by COVID-19 Infection.

Authors

Fayed M, Jain S, Leonardi N, Younger J
Cureus. 2022 Jul; 14(7):e27409.
PMID: 36051718.

Abstract

We report the case of a 23-year-old parturient who received epidural analgesia and was subsequently diagnosed with Evans syndrome (ES). The diagnosis was made after a complete blood count (CBC) resulted in severe anemia and a platelet count of less than 10K/µL. To further complicate this case, the patient developed post-delivery pleuritic chest pain and pulmonary emboli (PE), and a chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral ground-glass lung opacities. This prompted a COVID-19 testing and ultimately confirmed infection.