STICKY PLATELET SYNDROME: CASE REPORT

Abstract

The sticky platelet syndrome is an autosomal dominant platelet disorder characterized by hyperaggregability of platelets in response to epinephrine and/or adenosine diphosphate associated with recurrent arterial and venous thrombotic events. This article presents a clinical case of a 33-year-old patient who consulted for chronic abdominal pain of non-specific characteristics, who performed a CT scan of the abdomen that documented thrombosis of the splenic portal axis, the patient was admitted to the Internal Medicine Service to complete studies for venous thrombosis in an atypical site and after multiple studies, sticky platelet syndrome was diagnosed. The objective of this article is to provide a review of the subject so that clinicians are aware of this disease, especially when thrombophilia studies are negative, there are recurrent thrombosis or treatment failure.

Key words: sticky platelet syndrome, thrombophilia, thrombosis, platelet aggregation.  Source:DeCS, MeSH.