Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia with Normal Platelet Count: A
Cautionary Tale of Delayed Diagnosis
Ahmed Elkheshen MD1, Marawan Elmassry
MD1*, Sierra Sullivan MD1, Ricardo
Franco MD1, Abbie Evans MD1, Kavya
Bharathidasan MD1, Arunee Motes MD1,
Sameer Islam PhD3, Ebtisam Attaya Islam
PhD2
1-Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech university Health Sciences
Centre, Lubbock, TX, USA.
2- Department of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Texas Tech
university Health Sciences Centre, Lubbock, TX, USA.
3- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Texas Tech university
Health Sciences Centre, Lubbock, TX, USA.
*Corresponding Author: Marawan Elmassry MD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Centre at Lubbock, Texas, USA.
3601 4th street, Lubbock, TX 79430.
Telephone/ Fax: +1-806-773-2831
E-mail: Marawan.elmassry@ttuhsc.edu
Conflict of interest: The authors have no financial conflicts
to disclose.
Patient’s consent: Written informed consent was obtained from
the patient to publish this report in accordance with the journal’s
patient consent policy.
Keywords :
HIT, Heparin, Thrombocytopenia, Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia,
Platelet Count.