Congenital Thrombasthenia In Children Welfare Teaching Hospital: A Descriptive Study | ||
| Al-Kindy College Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2016, Pages 95-97 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Obeida Amir Abid; Lubna Foad Hussaia | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Thrombasthenia is an inherited genetic disorder affecting platelets, which is characterized by spontaneous muco-cutaneous bleeding and abnormally prolonged bleeding in response to injury or trauma. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnosis and treatment of thrombasthenia in Children Welfare Teaching Hospital. Type of the study: A cross-sectional study. Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 66 patients with thrombasthenia from the first of October 2013 till the first of July 2015.The diagnosis of the disease was done by a wide spectrum of characteristics including family history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests.. Results: The common manifestations of the disease at time of diagnosis were epistaxis in 23 patients (34.8%) and gum bleeding in 22 patients (33.3%) .Mostly established at age 1-10years.Family history was positive in most patients.hepatitis C was rare in our patients after platelet transfutions. Conclusions: : It is a rare hemorrhagic disease in our center, mostly presented as minor bleeding involving mainly mucocutaneous regions which appears at an early childhood with positive family history in most cases. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Thrombasthenia; Epistaxis; platelet transfusion | ||
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