Unexpected Thrombocytopenia in a Parturient With Evans Syndrome Complicated by COVID-19 Infection

Authors

Mohamed Fayed, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Shuchi Jain
Nyla Leonardi
Joshua Younger, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Fayed M, Jain S, Leonardi N, and Younger J. Unexpected Thrombocytopenia in a Parturient With Evans Syndrome Complicated by COVID-19 Infection. Cureus 2022; 14(7):e27409

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2022

Publication Title

Cureus

Abstract

We report the case of a 23-year-old parturient who received epidural analgesia and was subsequently diagnosed with Evans syndrome (ES). The diagnosis was made after a complete blood count (CBC) resulted in severe anemia and a platelet count of less than 10K/µL. To further complicate this case, the patient developed post-delivery pleuritic chest pain and pulmonary emboli (PE), and a chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral ground-glass lung opacities. This prompted a COVID-19 testing and ultimately confirmed infection.

PubMed ID

36051718

Volume

14

Issue

7

First Page

27409

Last Page

27409