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Table 3 Causes of thrombocytopenia in hypoproductive patients and respective average platelet count and platelet indices

From: Diagnostic predictive value of platelet indices for discriminating hypo productive versus immune thrombocytopenia purpura in patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Diagnosed causes of thrombocytopenia

Number

Pltx109/L

MPV (fl)

PDW (fl)

P-LCR (%)

BM toxicity secondary to CML chemotherapy

27

72

9.5

12.3

23

ALL on chemotherapy

5

57

10

13.7

27.5

ALL chemotherapy naïve

2

12

11

13

34

Myelodysplastic syndrome

1

88

8.8

15.3

17

AML on chemotherapy

3

77

8.5

14.4

18

Myelofibrosis

2

44.5

9.5

16.5

24

Erythroid hyperplasia

2

77

10.4

14

31

CLL chemotherapy naïve

4

79

10.4

16.2

34

BM toxicity to lymphoma chemotherapy

4

56

9.9

13

25

Total/average

50

70.4

9.7

13.2

25

  1. CML chronic myelogenous leukemia, BM bone marrow, ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia, AML Acute myeloid leukemia, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia