PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ahmed A. Mubarak AU - Abdalla Awidi AU - Kakil I. Rasul AU - Ussama Al-Homsi TI - Thrombocytopenia responding to red blood cell transfusion DP - 2004 Jan 01 TA - Saudi Medical Journal PG - 106--109 VI - 25 IP - 1 4099 - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/1/106.short 4100 - http://smj.org.sa/content/25/1/106.full SO - Saudi Med J2004 Jan 01; 25 AB - Three patients with severe symptomatic iron deficiency anemia and thrombocytopenia had a significant rise in platelet count a few days following packed red blood cell transfusion. Pre-transfusion platelet count of patient one was 17 x 109/L, 22 x 109/L in patient 2 and 29 x 109/L in patient 3. On the 6th day post transfusion, the platelet count rose to 166 x 109/L in patient one, 830 x 109/L in patient 2 and 136 x 109/L in patient 3. The possible mechanisms behind such an unreported observation are discussed.