General Medicine / Hematology / Oral Medicine And Radiology / Oral Pathology

Glanzmann’s disease (Familial thrombasthenia)

Charu LataLeave a comment
Normal platelet plug formation.
Glanzmann’s disease has defective platelet aggregation due to defective membrane protein.
Spontaneous gingival bleeding
Palatal petechiae
Some other platelet related disorders!

Sources – Shafer’s textbook of oral pathology

Image source – Google images

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