Solitary plasmacytoma is a rare malignant tumor belonging to the family of plasma cell proliferation. It accounts for a small portion of plasma cell tumors and remains a rare condition. We report three cases of rare extraosseous plasmacytomas in young patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThrombopoietin receptor analogs (TPO-RAs) are indicated for splenectomized immune thrombocytopenia refractory to corticosteroids or immunoglobulins, intravenous, or as second-line therapy when splenectomy is contraindicated. Herein, we report a case of left transverse and superior sagittal sinus thrombophlebitis in a 49-year-old woman with chronic immune thrombocytopenia who received 10 days of eltrombopag treatment. Etiologic assessment ruled out acquired thrombophilia and antiphospholipid syndrome.
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