Endometrial adenocarcinoma with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura treated without chemotherapy or irradiation

Tomoko Nojima, MD, Yasuyuki Hasuo, MD, Kenichirou Sakoguchi, MD, Masanobu Ogawa, MD, Ryuji Shiina, MD, Akimasa Fukui, MD, and Norio Kubo, MD

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinical Research Institute, Kyusyu Medical Center, Japan

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare complication in patients with nonhematologic malignancies. The authors describe the occurrence of ITP in a woman with uterine endometrial cancer that resolved upon resection of the tumor. Because the patient had not previously been treated with chemotherapy or irradiation, bone marrow suppression due to treatment was ruled out as a possible cause of the low platelet count.

Commun Oncol 2008;5:258–260 print e-mail full text 222 kb