(Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists, 2016-06-29) Liyanage, N; Gunarathna, N; Mendis, J
Cytopaenias are known to be associated with
clozapine treatment. Thrombocytosis maybe
mediated by immune reaction and can be of use as
potential markers for clozapine induced agranulocytosis, in the future. There are only few case reports of clozapine induced thrombocytosis in the literature.
This article discusses two case reports of secondary
thrombocytosis associated with clozapine.
