La Revue de médecine interne
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Iron deficiency is typically associated with microcytic anemia and thrombocytosis. It is a very uncommon cause of thrombocytopenia. ⋯ Iron affects thrombopoiesis. Because the number of megakaryocytes may then increase in the bone marrow, "iron deficiency thrombocytopenia" may be falsely diagnosed as immune thrombocytopenic purpura, leading to inappropriate corticosteroid therapy. Iron supplementation is the appropriate treatment of iron deficiency thrombocytopenia and allowed a rapid correction of the platelet count in all the 24 cases that have been previously reported with sufficient detail to be analyzed in the literature.