Surgical treatment of cecal cancer in a patient with Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia: Report of a case

Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare inherited platelet disorder with no specific treatment. Prophylactic and therapeutic platelet transfusions work only as supportive treatments. To date, there has been no report of surgical treatment for malignant disease in GT patients. We herein report the...

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Published in:Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Japan), 2009-11, Vol.39 (11), p.1002-1005
Main Authors: Kabashima, Akira, Ueda, Naoyuki, Yonemura, Yusuke, Mashino, Kojiro, Fujii, Kyuzo, Ikeda, Tetsuo, Tashiro, Hideya, Sakata, Hisanobu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Case Report
Cecal Neoplasms - complications
Cecal Neoplasms - diagnosis
Cecal Neoplasms - surgery
Colectomy - methods
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Laparotomy - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Platelet Transfusion - methods
Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Thrombasthenia - complications
Thrombasthenia - diagnosis
Thrombasthenia - therapy
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Summary:Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare inherited platelet disorder with no specific treatment. Prophylactic and therapeutic platelet transfusions work only as supportive treatments. To date, there has been no report of surgical treatment for malignant disease in GT patients. We herein report the case of a 43-year-old woman presenting with cecal cancer with accompanying GT. The patient underwent a laparotomic procedure under general anesthesia for resection of the tumor. A good perioperative course was achieved by the transfusion of ABO-identical and antihistocompatibility locus antigen-matched platelets, without causing any accidental bleeding.
ISSN:0941-1291
1436-2813
DOI:10.1007/s00595-009-3962-4