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Type 2B von Willebrand disease associated with the release of platelet agglutinates from megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Sept 2008
Slayton William B, Patel Milin, Sola-Visner Martha, Harris Neil, Rivers Angela, Montgomery Robert R, Friedman Kenneth D
Abstract excerpt
We report a child with thrombocytopenia since birth, circulating platelet agglutinates, and a tendency to bleed. A bone marrow aspirate revealed large platelet clumps within the bone marrow and megakaryocyte nuclei surrounded by halos of clumped platelets. Laboratory evaluation revealed type 2B von Willebrand disease. Gene sequencing revealed a G to C mutation at base 3923 of the VWF gene. This mutation was...
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