Extensive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following a dose increase in eltrombopag in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Platelets. 2014;25(2):144-6. doi: 10.3109/09537104.2012.758359. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Authors

Christopher M Mulla¹, Armin Rashidi, Alexander B Levitov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School , Norfolk, VA , USA.

PMID: 23320857
DOI: 10.3109/09537104.2012.758359

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Benzoates / administration & dosage
Benzoates / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Hydrazines / administration & dosage
Hydrazines / adverse effects*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / drug therapy
Pyrazoles / administration & dosage
Pyrazoles / adverse effects*
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnosis
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / drug therapy
Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / etiology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticoagulants
Benzoates
Hydrazines
Pyrazoles
eltrombopag