A 58-year-old man on Unfractionated Heparin for DVT develops a platelet count drop from 250 ×10^9/L to 90 ×10^9/L over 5 days and new thrombosis. What...

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A 58-year-old man on Unfractionated Heparin for DVT develops a platelet count drop from 250 ×10^9/L to 90 ×10^9/L over 5 days and new thrombosis. What is the most likely diagnosis?

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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

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Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

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Aplastic anaemia

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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

A 58-year-old man on Unfractionated Heparin for DVT develops a platelet count drop from 250 ×10^9/L to 90 ×10^9/L over 5 days and new thrombosis. What is the most likely diagnosis?