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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2]

Overview

There are two broad mechanisms for the causes of thrombocytopenia: Reduced platelet production and increased platelet destruction. Thrombocytopenia is seen in a variety of infectious and genetic disorders as well as a side effect of a large list of medications.

Causes

Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Common Causes

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Causes in Alphabetical Order

Infectious etiologies

Intrauterine acquired conditions

  • Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
  • Rubella, congenital
  • Syphilis, congenital

Hereditary syndromes

Chromosomal abnormalities
Mendelian inherited conditions
Autosomal dominant conditions
Autosomal recessive conditions
X-linked inherited conditions
  • GATA1-related cytopenia
  • Immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy and enteropathy, X-linked
  • Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
  • X-linked hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome
  • Mitochondrial genome inherited conditions
  • MELAS

Medication-induced

Thrombocytopenia associated with medications can be due to either a reduction in production of platelets or increased destruction.

List of potential etiologies:

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Greenberg EM, Kaled ES (2013). "Thrombocytopenia". Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 25 (4): 427–34, v. doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2013.08.003. PMID 24267279.
  3. Farid J, Gul N, Qureshi WU, Idris M (2012). "Clinical presentations in immune thrombocytopenic purpura". J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 24 (2): 39–40. PMID 24397048.
  4. Nisha S, Amita D, Uma S, Tripathi AK, Pushplata S (2012). "Prevalence and characterization of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy in Indian women". Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 28 (2): 77–81. doi:10.1007/s12288-011-0107-x. PMC 3332269. PMID 23730013.
  5. Abdel Karim N, Haider S, Siegrist C, Ahmad N, Zarzour A, Ying J; et al. (2013). "Approach to management of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura at university of cincinnati". Adv Hematol. 2013: 195746. doi:10.1155/2013/195746. PMC 3876823. PMID 24396345.