Blood, 1955, Vol. 10, No. 10, pp. 1055-1057.
© 1955 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
Thrombocytopenic Purpura without Anemia and
Leukopenia in Gauchers Disease
A. DE VRIES 1 and
G. IZAK 1
1 Department of Medicine, Division B, Rothchild Hadassah University Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel.
A patient with Gauchers disease is described who had thrombocytopenic purpura, but no anemia or leukopenia and only slight enlargement of the spleen.
The hemorrhagic diathesis and platelet count responded well to splenectomy.
Submitted on March 2, 1955
Accepted on May 30, 1955