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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kjh</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The Korean Journal of Hematology</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title>Korean J Hematol</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">1738-7949</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">2092-9129</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Korean Society of Hematology</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5045/kjh.2009.44.1.58</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">kjh-44-58</article-id>
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<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Case Report</subject>
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<title-group>
<article-title>Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Patient with Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Hyeong Su</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1-kjh-44-58"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Jung Han</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1-kjh-44-58"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Na</surname><given-names>Dong Kil</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1-kjh-44-58"><sup>1</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zang</surname><given-names>Dae Young</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1-kjh-44-58"><sup>1</sup></xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Park</surname><given-names>Min-Jeong</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2-kjh-44-58"><sup>2</sup></xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kim</surname><given-names>Hong-Bae</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3-kjh-44-58"><sup>3</sup></xref>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lee</surname><given-names>Jong-Wook</given-names></name><degrees>M.D.</degrees>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4-kjh-44-58"><sup>4</sup></xref>
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<aff id="aff1-kjh-44-58"><label>1</label>Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Medical Center, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, <country>Korea</country></aff>
<aff id="aff2-kjh-44-58"><label>2</label>Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hallym University Medical Center, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, <country>Korea</country></aff>
<aff id="aff3-kjh-44-58"><label>3</label>Department of Gynecology, Hallym University Medical Center, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, <country>Korea</country></aff>
<aff id="aff4-kjh-44-58"><label>4</label>Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, <country>Korea</country></aff>
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<author-notes>
<corresp id="c1-kjh-44-58">Correspondence to&#xFF1A;Jung Han Kim, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred-Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine 948-1, Daelim 1-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-950, Korea Tel: &#x002B;82-2-829-5414, Fax: &#x002B;82-2-846-4669 E-mail: <email>harricil@hotmail.com</email></corresp>
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<pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>03</month><year>2009</year></pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>03</month><year>2009</year></pub-date>
<volume>44</volume><issue>1</issue>
<fpage>58</fpage><lpage>61</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>02</day><month>01</month><year>2009</year></date>
<date date-type="rev-recd"><day>23</day><month>02</month><year>2009</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>28</day><month>02</month><year>2009</year></date>
</history>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2009 Korean Society of Hematology</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license><license-p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0</ext-link>) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p></license>
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<abstract xml:lang="en">
<title>Abstract</title>
<p>We describe here the case a patient with advanced cervix carcinoma and who developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). A 63-year-old woman with stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix and that was complicated by hydronephrosis was treated palliatively with 45Gy of external beam radiation to the pelvis. About 3 years later, she developed hematochezia and severe thrombocytopenia. The laboratory examinations showed no evidence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura or disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, and she was positive for serum anti-platelet antibodies. On the bone marrow examination, there was a normal number and morphology of megakaryocytes with no evidence of malignant cell infiltration. We made the clinical diagnosis of ITP, and the intravenous immunoglobulin and steroid therapy was successful. This case suggests the possibility that ITP can occur in association with advanced cervix carcinoma.</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group xml:lang="en">
<kwd>Autoimmune thrombocytopena</kwd>
<kwd>Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura</kwd>
<kwd>Cervix carcinoma</kwd>
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<caption xml:lang="en"><p>Peripheral blood smear shows severe thrombocytopenia with the presence of megaplatelets (arrow) and lack of schistocytes (Wright stain, 400&#x00D7;).</p></caption>
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<caption xml:lang="en"><p>Bone marrow examination reveals a slight hypocellular marrow with no evidence of neoplastic infiltration. Marrow megakaryocytes are normal in number and morphology. (Hematoxylin-Eosin, 400&#x00D7;).</p></caption>
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