TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of breast cancer and immune thrombocytopenic purpura
AU - Ustun, Celalettin
AU - Dainer, Paul
AU - Hendricks, Linda
AU - Bruker, Charles Todd
AU - Burgess, Russell
PY - 2002/11/1
Y1 - 2002/11/1
N2 - Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and breast cancer are common disorders. Only six cases in which patients have had both diseases have been reported. We describe a 40-year-old woman who had ITP while responding to therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Given the few reported cases, the diverse presentations of thrombocytopenia during the course of each patient's breast cancer and the variable therapeutic responses of ITP, the association of breast cancer and ITP is probably coincidental.
AB - Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and breast cancer are common disorders. Only six cases in which patients have had both diseases have been reported. We describe a 40-year-old woman who had ITP while responding to therapy for metastatic breast cancer. Given the few reported cases, the diverse presentations of thrombocytopenia during the course of each patient's breast cancer and the variable therapeutic responses of ITP, the association of breast cancer and ITP is probably coincidental.
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U2 - 10.1097/00007611-200211000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00007611-200211000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 12540004
AN - SCOPUS:0036872353
SN - 0038-4348
VL - 95
SP - 1335
EP - 1337
JO - Southern medical journal
JF - Southern medical journal
IS - 11
ER -
