HighlightsThrombocytopenia is a common problem occurring in patients following cardiac surgery.The researchers suggest that the use of hydroxychloroquine could be a rare of thrombocytopenia occurring after open heart surgery.We present an unusual case of thrombocytopenia that was considered to be associated with the use of hydroxychloroquine in the late term following open heart surgery.
Avascular necrosis of bone is a well-described complication of cancer chemotherapy containing corticosteroids and has been observed in lymphomas and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This study reports the case of a young male patient in whom avascular necrosis of right femur head was the presenting feature of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The temporal association in this instance implicates a pathophysiologic relationship between the development of ALL and necrosis.
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