All issues > Volume 29(6); 1986

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(6):668-673. Published online June 30, 1986.

A Case of Glanzmann's Thrombathenia.

Saeng Gu Cho¹, Won Ho Kang¹, Young Youn Choi¹, Tai Ju Hwang¹, Dong Wook Ryang², Joo Young Yoo²

¹Department of Pediatrics , College of Medicine, Chonnam University, Kwangju, Korea
²Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Chonnam University, Kwangju, Korea

Abstract

The authors experienced a 6-year-old female patient with Glanzmann’s Thrombathenia and cerebral palsy. She was admitted with epistaxis, gingival bleeding and easy bruisability. Platelets of patients showed complete absence of aggreration in response to ADP, collagen, and epinephrine but only first aggregation to ristocetin. After platelet aggregation test, bone marrow aspiration, and electron micrographic examination, she was proved as Glanzmann` s Thrombathenia. The review of the literature was made briefly.

Keywords :Thrombathenia; Platelet aggregation test; EM.