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platelet clumping
Etiology:
- pseudothrombocytopenia
Laboratory:
- platelet clump in blood
* platelet clumping will resolve if blood is redrawn using a citrated (blue top) or heparinized (green top) tube
Related
platelet
General
abnormal laboratory test
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 15, 16,
17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2009,
2012, 2015
- Froom P, Barak M.
Prevalence and course of pseudothrombocytopenia in outpatients.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011 Jan;49(1):111-4.
PMID: 20961195
- Lippi G, Plebani M.
EDTA-dependent pseudothrombocytopenia: further insights and
recommendations for prevention of a clinically threatening
artifact.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2012 Aug;50(8):1281-5.
PMID: 22868791