Platelet Count of Zero: A Curious Case of Thrombocytopenia

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Platelet Count of Zero: A Curious Case of Thrombocytopenia Patrick Twohig, MD, MPH, Jaclyn Rivington, MD The American Journal of Medicine Volume 130, Issue 11, Pages e495-e496 (November 2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.05.021 Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions

Figure Top left: High-power (oil immersion lens ×1000) peripheral smear showing atypical lymphocytes and no platelets. Top right: Low-power (×200) peripheral smear showing no platelets. Bottom: Computed tomography of the abdomen without contrast showing absence of splenomegaly or other abnormalities. The American Journal of Medicine 2017 130, e495-e496DOI: (10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.05.021) Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions