%0 Journal Article
%T Life-Threatening Thrombocytopenia Following Intravenous Contrast Media Infusion
%A Jinhyun Cho
%A Jisun Park
%A Mihwa Park
%A Minjeong Kim
%J Archive of "Yonsei Medical Journal".
%D 2018
%R 10.3349/ymj.2018.59.1.158
%X Radiocontrast media-induced acute severe thrombocytopenia is a very rare complication and potentially life-threatening. Here, we report the case of a 63-year-old male patient with severe acute thrombocytopenia following first exposure to intravenous non-ionic contrast media without immediate allergic reactions. His platelet count dropped from 107000/¦ĚL to 2000/¦ĚL after six hours of radiocontrast infusion. After administration of corticosteroid and transfusion of platelet concentrates, the platelet count returned gradually to normal within 5 days. To the best of our knowledge, non-ionic contrast media-induced isolated acute severe thrombocytopenia following no signs or symptoms of immediate allergic reaction has never been described
%K Thrombocytopenia
%K contrast media
%K non-ionic
%K hypersensitivity
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5725355/