All issues > Volume 37(10); 1994

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1994;37(10):1449-1452. Published online October 15, 1994.

The May-Hegglin Anomaly in a Family

Jin Ho JH Lee¹, Su Yeon SY Park¹, Yong Sub YS Kim¹, Jong Dai JD Jo¹, Byung Chang BC Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Maryknoll Hospital, Busan, Korea
²Department of Clinical Pathology, Pediatrics, Maryknoll Hospital, Busan, Korea

Abstract

The May-Hegglin anomaly is a rare autosomal dominant trait characterized by platelet abnormalities in the peripheral blood and large(up to 5μ) pale blue staining inclusionsl in the cytoplasm of neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and We experienced a case of May-Hegglin anomaly in a 7 year old male and another case out of his family. His initial complaints at the admission were petechiae and intermittent epistaxis. Diagnosis was confirmed by peripheral blood smear and family study. We report the case with brief review of related literature.

Keywords :May-Hegglin anomaly