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Indian Journal of Human Genetics
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Society of Human Genetics
ISSN: 0971-6866 EISSN: 0971-6866
Vol. 17, No. 3, 2011, pp. 238-240
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Bioline Code: hg11050
Full paper language: English
Document type: Case Report
Document available free of charge
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Indian Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2011, pp. 238-240
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Octaploidy in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Makroo, R N.; Chowdhry, Mohit; Mishra, Manoj; Srivastava, Priyanka & Fauzdar, Ashish
Abstract
We report a case of an elderly 68-year-old male who presented in our hospital with chief complaints of petechial rashes and ecchymosis over extremities and bleeding from the oral cavity since 3-4 days prior to hospitalization. He saw a physician before coming to our hospital and received one dose of IV methylprednisolone and oral wysolone. He had come to our hospital for further management. Bone marrow karyotyping was done and chromosomal analysis revealed two cell lines. Eighty percent of the cells analyzed revealed apparently normal male karyotype. However, 20% cells analyzed revealed a total of 184 chromosomes, suggesting octaploidy.
Keywords
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, octaploidy, cytogenetics
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