PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bucke, Danielle
AU  - Alizadeh, Katrin
AU  - Hallam, Simon
TI  - COVID-19 complicated by immune thrombocytopaenic purpura and internal jugular vein thrombosis
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2021-243680
DP  - 2021 Jul 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e243680
VI  - 14
IP  - 7
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243680.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/7/e243680.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Jul 01; 14
AB  - A 61-year-old woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 in the community 5 days prior to admission presented with new onset severe headache and mild shortness of breath. She had an acute reduction in her platelet counts from 153×10⁹/L to 5×10⁹/L. She was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia purpura and after treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin, her platelet count increased to 15×10⁹/L. Due to nonresolving headache, she had a magnetic resonance venogram, which showed bilateral internal jugular vein thrombosis. She was discharged from hospital and followed up in Haematology and Neurology clinics. Her platelet count returned to normal range 7 days later. She was commenced on anticoagulation for thrombosis.