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Sticky platelet syndrome type II, characterized by platelet hyperaggregability with epinephrine, was diagnosed as the cause of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis in a patient.
Highlights sticky platelet syndrome as a potential diagnosis in patients with unexplained thrombosis and platelet hyperaggregability.
May support testing for sticky platelet syndrome in unexplained cerebral venous thrombosis; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
Thrombosis has been attributed to platelet function abnormalities in a variety of vascular diseases. A patient with superior sagittal sinus thrombosis noted to have a normal work- up for hypercoagulable state but who had hyperaggregability of platelets after stimulation with epinephrine is described. A di agnosis of sticky platelet syndrome, type II was eventually made.
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Chittoor et al. (1998) studied this question. Sticky platelet syndrome type II, characterized by platelet hyperaggregability with epinephrine, was diagnosed as the cause of superior sagittal sinus thrombosis in a patient.
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