Thrombocytopenia in Liver Disease

Moderate thrombocytopenia is a frequent finding in cirrhosis of the liver and well tolerated in most instances. The pathophysiology of thrombocytopenia in liver disease has long been associated with the concept of hypersplenism, where portal hypertension was thought to cause pooling and sequestratio...

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Main Author: Markus Peck-Radosavljevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2000-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/617428
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description Moderate thrombocytopenia is a frequent finding in cirrhosis of the liver and well tolerated in most instances. The pathophysiology of thrombocytopenia in liver disease has long been associated with the concept of hypersplenism, where portal hypertension was thought to cause pooling and sequestration of all corpuscular elements of the blood, predominantly thrombocytes in the enlarged spleen. The concept of hypersplenism was never proven beyond any doubt but was widely accepted for the lack of alternative explanations.
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spelling doaj-art-9e152c52316343a49dee1a5ea63cf2b92025-08-20T02:20:29ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002000-01-0114Suppl D60D66D10.1155/2000/617428Thrombocytopenia in Liver DiseaseMarkus Peck-Radosavljevic0Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, AustriaModerate thrombocytopenia is a frequent finding in cirrhosis of the liver and well tolerated in most instances. The pathophysiology of thrombocytopenia in liver disease has long been associated with the concept of hypersplenism, where portal hypertension was thought to cause pooling and sequestration of all corpuscular elements of the blood, predominantly thrombocytes in the enlarged spleen. The concept of hypersplenism was never proven beyond any doubt but was widely accepted for the lack of alternative explanations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/617428
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title Thrombocytopenia in Liver Disease
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