M4 QUALITATIVE PLATELET DISORDERS (CONGENITAL) Flashcards
Excessive bruising and superficial (mucocutaneous)
bleeding in a patient whose platelet count is normal
suggest an ____
acquired or a congenital disorder of platelet
function.
2 TYPES OF QUALITATIVE PLATELET DISORDERS
I. Inherited Functional Defects
○ Congenital
II. Acquired Functional Defects
With___, organs are just seldomly affected
platelet disorder
Defects in
platelet-vessel wall
interaction
Adhesion
Defects in
platelet-platelet interaction
Aggregation
Disorders of platelet
secretion and
abnormalities of granules
Platelet secretion
. Disorders of platelet
secretion and signal
transduction defects
Platelet activation
● G-protein binding
● Agonist
Defects in cytoskeletal
regulation
Morphology: Size and shape
Disorders of platelet
coagulant-protein
interaction
Secondary hemostasis
● Phosphatidylserine
Important
____ and ___are contained in the platelet
granules, so if there would be defect in the secretion, it follows
that there are abnormalities in the granules
protein and non-protein mediators
For the cytoskeletal regulation, we know that we have the
structural zone of the platelet so maybe there is a problem in
the ____, ___ and ___
microtubules, microfilaments and the intermediate
filaments
For the problem on the platelet coagulant-protein
interaction, we know that the platelets are involved in the
secondary hemostasis so maybe there is a problem in the
flippin out of the____ from the inner membrane
to the outer membrane
phosphatidylserine
2 types of adhesion defects
- Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
- von Willebrand’s Disease
Involves qualitative and quantitative defects
qualitative:
quantitative:
BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME
Qualitative Defects
● Function
○ Adhesion
● Morphology
○ Giant platelets
Quantitative Defects
● Thrombocytopenia
Autosomal recessive abnormality in the platelet
GPlb/V/IX complex
BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME
Autosomal recessive abnormality in the platelet
GPlb/V/IX complex
Missing from the platelet surface or exhibits
abnormal function
○ Inability to bind to VWF
○ Inability of platelets to adhere to exposed
subendothelium
💡 GPlb/V/IX complex
Indirect Platelet Adhesion defect
BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME
Rare disorder of platelet adhesion that usually
manifests in____ with
hemorrhage characteristics of defective platelet
function: ecchymoses, epistaxis, and gingival
bleeding
infancy or childhood
Rare disorder of platelet adhesion that usually
manifests in infancy or childhood with
hemorrhage characteristics of defective platelet
function: ___
-BERNARD-SOULIER SYNDROME
-ecchymoses, epistaxis, and gingival
bleeding
bleeding of the joints
Hemarthrosis
This complex is important in indirect platelet adhesion
GPlb/V/IX complex
Because of this abnormality, this _____
is missing from the platelet surface and it would lead
to abnormal function affecting adhesion
glycoprotein complex
The effect is that there would be inability to bind to
______ and inability of platelets to
adhere to ____
von Willebrand factor, exposed subendothelium
It manifests thrombocytopenia with giant platelet because
of the abnormalities that affect both platelet production and
platelet structure
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
Bernard-Soulier Syndrome
LABORATORY FINDINGS
- 40,000/uL to near normal
NORMAL - BS
ADP
Arachidonic Acid
Collagen
Epinephrine
ABNORMAL -BS
Ristocetin
Thrombin
Peripheral Blood Smear
○ 5 to 8 um in diameter
○ Can be as large as 20 um
Contain a larger number of cytoplasmic
vacuoles and membrane complexes
Electron microscopy
Electron microscopy
○ Contain a larger number of ___ and ___
cytoplasmic vacuoles and membrane complexes
Electron microscopy
____ exhibit an irregular
demarcation membrane system
Megakaryocytes
VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE
● Involves qualitative and quantitative defects
Qualitative Defects
____
Quantitative Defects
_____
● Function
○ Adhesion
● Thrombocytopenia
Mutations result in spontaneous binding of
plasma VWF to the mutated GP Ib/IX/V complex
VON WILLEBRAND’S DISEASE
With regards to von Willebrand’s disease, if it is
related with the platelet function then it is called
____
platelet-type VWD or pseudo-VWD
____ is related to coagulation disorder
True-VWD
The spontaneous binding of the von willebrand factor to the
mutated GP Ib/IX/V causes these complexes to continuously
be removed from the circulation which will result to
____ and ___
thrombocytopenia and reduced factor VIII clotting activity
And there is ____ of clot even if there is
binding of the von willebrand factor with GP Ib/IX/V
no formation
VWD subtypes: Quantitative deficiency
Type 1 and 3
VWD subtypes: Qualitative deficiency
Type 2
Type 2A
Deficiency of HMW multimers
2A(A= Absence)