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A Wright-Giemsa stained peripheral blood film of the patient under 200x microscopic magnification showing absence of platelet clumping. Scattered platelets are seen next to blue arrows with no clumping.
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A platelet count was subsequently done by visual inspection of a hematological smear of the blood specimens under microscope, which confirmed the result of the automated CBC and did not show any platelet clumping (Figure 1).
Platelet count in G/L over time with relation to drug exposure.
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The patient did not develop any signs of bleeding during the remainder of his hospital stay, and his platelet count gradually improved to 24 G/L (Figure 2) before he was discharged on the sixth hospital day on aspirin and clopidogrel.