[Thrombopenia and radial aplasia: 2 cases with platelet function and ultrastructural studies of megakaryocytes and platelets (author's transl)]

Sem Hop. 1980 Feb;56(7-8):341-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report on two cases of congenital thrombopenia with radial aplasia. Both children display several birth defects and a mild thrombopenia; hemorragic manifestations occured in the first case only. Megakaryoblastic to platelets series, as studied with electronic microscopy, show small-sized, "microcytic" and hypogranular megakaryocytes, displaying a maturative disorder (dysmegakaryocytopoiesis). In functional studies, platelets of the first patient show an imperfect nucleotidic release and do not agregate normally with ristocetin. The second case exhibits mostly a PF3 reduction. The variety of expression of the megakaryocytic-platelets disorders appears likewise in the skeletal and visceral malformations. The whole disorder could be ascribed to a pleiotropic abnormal gene with a variable expressivity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Blood Platelets / metabolism
  • Blood Platelets / ultrastructure*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Megakaryocytes / metabolism
  • Megakaryocytes / ultrastructure*
  • Platelet Aggregation
  • Radius / abnormalities*
  • Thrombocytopenia / congenital*
  • Thrombocytopenia / metabolism
  • Thrombocytopenia / pathology