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J Clin Pathol 26:70-72 doi:10.1136/jcp.26.1.70
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Thrombocytopenic purpura as the sole manifestation of a recurrence of Hodgkin's disease

  1. P. J. Hamilton,
  2. Audrey A. Dawson
  1. Haematology Unit, Department of Pathology, University of Aberdeen

      Abstract

      A man with apparently quiescent Hodgkin's disease presented with acute severe isolated thrombocytopenic purpura. Splenectomy revealed macroscopic involvement with Hodgkin's tissue and cured the thrombocytopenia.