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VOLUME 24 , ISSUE 2 ( February, 2020 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

Case of Near Fatal Massive Intracerebral Bleed Secondary to Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Dengue and Refractory Thrombocytopenia

Megha Sharma, Ullas K Gopalakrishna

Keywords : Cerebral venous thrombosis, Dengue, Eltrombopag, Thrombocytopenia

Citation Information : Sharma M, Gopalakrishna UK. Case of Near Fatal Massive Intracerebral Bleed Secondary to Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Dengue and Refractory Thrombocytopenia. Indian J Crit Care Med 2020; 24 (2):138-140.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23351

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 20-07-2020

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2020; The Author(s).


Abstract

We present a case of dengue with refractory thrombocytopenia who developed cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) with intraparenchymal hemorrhage warranting surgical decompression. Patient was concluded to have secondary immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) which remained refractory to high dose steroids, IVIg therapy, but responded to thrombopoietin receptor (TPO-R) agonist, eltrombopag.


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