Case Presentation: 62-year-old male with a PMH notable for recurrent epistaxis, bleeding post-dental procedures & IDA since childhood on & off oral iron supplementation presented to the hospital with a traumatic head injury resulting in a SAH/SDH. Initial laboratory work found normocytic anemia & severe thrombocytopenia (TCP) – 25 X 10E+09/L . CT abdomen & [...]

Case Presentation: A 77 year old Jehovah’s Witness woman presented with one month of petechial rash, epistaxis and oral mucosal bleeding. There was no recent travel or infectious illness. She denied herbal or toxic ingestions. Her exam was remarkable only for diffuse petechiae. Labwork was significant for new severe thrombocytopenia (2 K/UL), a normal peripheral [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old male with past medical history significant for hypertension, alcohol use disorder in remission, known grade I esophageal varices, and cirrhosis who presented with confusion and oral mucosa bleeding. He was tachycardic to 100 but had adequate blood pressure of 106/68. Initial labs remarkable for hemoglobin 9.4 g/dL and platelet count 1 [...]