hermansky-pudlak syndrome: a case report

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome: A Case Report

Objective. The aim of this paper is to report the case of a patient diagnosed with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, as a result of bleeding diathesis. Clinical Presentation and Intervention. A 23-year-old male presented with recurrent epistaxis and, upon physical examination, was found to be remarkable for albinism and suborbital ecchymosis. The absence of dense bodies in the platelets was demonstrat...

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome; a Case Report

PURPOSE To report a case of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome. CASE REPORT A seven-year-old boy presented with marked generalized hypopigmentation, ocular exodeviation and nystagmus. He had history of easy bruising. Examination revealed green irides with marked transillumination, hypopigmented fundi and foveal hypoplasia. Further investigations disclosed platelet storage defect with adenosine diphosp...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

We present a rare disease condition Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome in a 33-year-old male. He was born of a consanguineous marriage, had occulo-cutaneous albinism, nystagmus, decreased visual acuity, refractory errors, pulmonary fibrosis and granulomatous inflammation of the colon. In spite of all the classical features of this genetic disorder he was labeled to have disseminated tuberculous infectio...

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.

A 55-year-old man had oculocutaneous albinism and a history of frequent bruising following minimal trauma. The simultaneous occurrence of these features was first described by Hermansky and Pudlak in 1959. The Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome follows an autosomal recessive trait and is most frequently found in Puerto Rico and in the Swiss alps. It consists of the triad phenotype of hypopigmentation, p...

Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome

Inherited platelet function disorders (IPFDs) encompass a heterogeneous group of haemorrhagic diseases caused by congenital defects of platelets function affecting various elements of the platelet physiology (membrane receptors, intraplatelet signalling proteins, granules), and leading to different clinical manifestations (1–3). Platelets have three types of secretory granules that differ in th...