Perioperative management of MYH9 hereditary macrothrombocytopenia (Fechtner syndrome).

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OBJECTIVE: Hereditary thrombocytopenias characterized by mutations in the gene for non-muscle myosin heavy chain IIA (NMMHC-IIA) are known as MYH9-related hereditary macrothrombocytopenia, and include the May-Hegglin anomaly, Sebastian platelet syndrome, Fechtner syndrome, and Epstein syndrome. Despite the presence of thrombocytopenia, these patients often have only mild or non-bleeding phenotypes. A major risk...

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