Platelet Esoteric Testing
A Case Study
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Introduction

June 2010
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Our speaker for this program is Dong Chen, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and Consultant in the Special Coagulation Laboratory in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Chen describes a patient with a history of bleeding and the esoteric platelet studies needed to diagnose the underlying bleeding disorder.
Introduction |
Jump to section:
- Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases: 2010 Mayo Update
- Clinical Presentation
- Bleeding History - 1
- Bleeding History - 2
- Complete Blood Count (CBC)
- Peripheral Blood Smear
- Coagulation Studies
- Platelet Function Studies
- Differential Diagnosis ?
- Laboratory Approach to Qualitative Platelet Disorders
- Platelet Qualitative Disorders
- Laboratory Systemic Approach
- Macro-thrombocytopenia
- Flow Cytometry Studies
- Platelet Activity By Flow Cytometry
- Macro-thrombocytopenia
- Ultrastructure Studies Whole Mount
- Ultrastructure Studies Thin Sections
- Macro-thrombocytopenia
- Molecular Studies
- Final Diagnosis
- Global Prevalence of GPS
- GPS-Clinical Presentation
- Laboratory Findings
- Differential Diagnoses of Gray Platelets
- Unique Bone Marrow Findings in Patients with GPS
- Clinical Presentation
- Myelofibrosis
- Emperipolesis
- GPS-Treatment
- Summary
- Acknowledgment
- Bleeding and Thrombosing Diseases: 2010 Mayo Update
- Questions?


