Delayed Recognition of Levetiracetam-induced Pancytopenia
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Blood dyscrasias associated with levetiracetam use can be difficult to identify, especially when other potential differential diagnoses are concurrently present. Here we present a 57-year-old man with metastatic adenocarcinoma of unknown primary origin on levetiracetam who initially presented with an in-stent thrombosis of the right external iliac vein and then developed worsening thrombocytopenia followed by pancytopenia. Levetiracetam was not identified as the culprit until other causes like platelet consumption, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia, idiopathic immune thrombocytopenic purpura, and bone marrow involvement by metastatic disease were ruled out.
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Vol 29
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pp. 1393-1402
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pp. 70-74
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