Oxaliplatin is a platinum compound used in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. It is known to evoke a drug-induced immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, which has not been reported in Korea. We describe a 53-year-old man who developed oxaliplatin-induced immune-mediated thrombocytopenia during chemotherapy for colon cancer. Oxaliplatin-dependent IgG platelet antibodies were detected in his serum on flow cytometry. He was treated with immunoglobulin and corticosteroids without any complications. Physicians should consider oxaliplatin-induced immune-mediated thrombocytopenia, when a sudden, isolated thrombocytopenia develops during chemotherapy with oxaliplatin.
Adrenal Cortex Hormones ; Antibodies ; Blood Platelets ; Colonic Neoplasms ; Drug Therapy ; Flow Cytometry ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulins ; Korea ; Middle Aged ; Platinum ; Thrombocytopenia*