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A 14-year-old female is brought to the urgent care by her mother, who states that the girl has had an abnormal number of bruises and “funny-looking red splotches” on her legs

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A 14-year-old female is brought to the urgent care by her mother, who states that the girl has had an abnormal number of bruises and “funny-looking red splotches” on her legs. These bruises were first noticed about 2 weeks ago and are not related to trauma. PMH not remarkable and she takes no medications. The mother does state the girl is recovering from a “bad case of mono” and was on bed rest at home for the past 3 weeks. The girl noticed that her gums were slightly bleeding when she brushed her teeth that morning

Labs at urgent care demonstrated normal hgb and hct with normal WBC differential. A platelet count of 100,000/mm3 was the only abnormal finding. The staff also noticed that the venipuncture site oozed for a few minutes after pressure was released. The doctor at urgent care referred the patient and her mother to the ED for a complete work-up of the low platelet count, including a peripheral blood smear for suspected immune thrombocytopenia purpura.

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