Platelet Esoteric Testing
A Case Study
Bleeding History - 2

June 2010
At age of 27, she had tubectomy for ectopic pregnancy which was uneventful. In the following year, she had an uneventful C-section after receiving preoperative platelet transfusion. She had subconjunctival hemorrhage when she was 34. Recently, she had hip pain and radiology studies of her hip were unremarkable except for mild bone marrow infiltration.
Bleeding History - 2 |
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- Introduction
- 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?


