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A 42-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presents to the family practice office for evaluation of new onset thrombocytopenia. She denies any recent illness and does not take any medications or supplements. She denies the development of skin lesions, neurologic or constitutional symptoms. CBC with differential, peripheral smear, BMP, PT/INR and aPTT are otherwise within normal limits. What is the most likely diagnosis

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It could be a mental illness, maybe depression. Look into further details on symptoms. A tip l will give is to relate to the patient so she can open up about her symptoms. Most people are pretty guarded.

Most likely diagnosis can be Depression.

  • Platelets contain high amount of serotonin and a dysfunction of the serotoninergic system is involved in the development of several behavior disorder, such as depression.
  • Low platelet count has been measured in depressed patients as compared to normal controls.

What is thrombocytopenia?

  • It is a condition in which the person has low blood platelet count.
  • It can be mild and cause few signs or symptoms.
  • In rare conditions it can cause internal bleeding and may turn fetal.

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