Indian Journal of Pathology: Research and Practice
Volume
6, Issue 2 (Part-1), April - June 2017, Pages 318-320
Case Report
Pseudo Thrombocytopenia Due to Platelet Satelletism: A Rare Entity
Savitri Singh*, Mani Krishna**
*Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Superspeciality Paediatric, Hospital and Post Graduate, Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. **Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Uttar Pradesh, University of Medical, Sciences, Saifai Etaw
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Platelet Satellitism (PS) is a unique, uncommon phenomenon seen in peripheral blood smears prepared from Ethylene Diamine Tetra acetic Acid (EDTA) mixed blood. PS may lead to a misdiagnosis of thrombocytopenia unless peripheral smears are examined carefully. Here, we describe two case of PS incidentally detected during routine check-up.
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