TY  - JOUR
T1  - DUodenal hematoma in thrombasthenia
AU  - Kittisupamongkol W
Y1  - 2009/01/19
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.2008.514
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 93
EP  - 94
VL  - 144
IS  - 1
N2  - 
In the August 2008 issue of Archives, Weil and colleagues1 describe an interesting case of a man with duodenal hematoma. The authors conclude that the patient had no apparent risk factors; I disagree. The authors do not include Glanzmann thrombasthenia among the different possible diagnoses. While duodenal hematoma from such platelet-aggregation defect is reported to manifest in childhood,2- 3 the possibility that the patient has Glanzmann thrombasthenia cannot be ruled out from the initial presentation.1,4 Bleeding time must be performed to search for this detrimental disease.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.2008.514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2008.514
ER  -