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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 32
| Issue : 2 | Page : 181-184 |
Hematological and surgical management in Glanzmann's thrombasthenia: A case report
Anjana Gopalakrishnan1, Ravi Veeraraghavan2, Prasanth Panicker3
1 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, Kerala, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amrita School of Dentistry, Kochi, Kerala, India
3 Department of Craniofacial Aesthetics, V. G. Saraf Hospital, Ravipuram, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Anjana Gopalakrishnan
Opposite Akshaya Hospital, Kadavanthra, Kochi, Kerala - 682 020
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.131000
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare, congenital, and moderate to severe platelet disorder. The bleeding time is increased, due to lack of platelet aggregation, since the patients with GT have deficient or dysfunctional integrin membrane glycoproteins IIb and IIIa essential for platelet aggregation. Children with GT are mostly diagnosed very early in life due to the spontaneous and unexplained mucocutaneous bleeding. It is quite a challenging task when any surgery is indicated for children with GT. This case report is about the medical and surgical management of an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with Glannzmann's thrombasthenia who had to undergo a maxillary cyst enucleation.
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