The sticky platelet syndrome (SPS) is a common cause of both arterial and venous
thrombosis, being a dominant autosomal disease with qualitative platelet alterations and
familial occurrence. It is characterized by platelet hyperreactivity with increased
platelet aggregability in response to low concentrations of platelet agonists:
epinephrine, adenosine diphosphate, or both. The clinical manifestations involve venous or
arterial thrombosis, recurrent pregnancy loss, and fetal growth retardation. To analyze
the localization of the thrombotic episodes in a cohort of Mexican mestizo patients with
SPS. Between 1992 and 2016, 86 Mexican mestizo patients with SPS as the single
thrombophilic condition were prospectively identified; all of them had a history of
thrombosis. There were 15 males and 71 females. The thrombotic episodes were arterial in
26 cases and venous in 60 (70%). Arterial thrombosis was mainly pulmonary thromboembolism,
whereas venous thromboses were identified most frequently in the lower limbs. Mexican
mestizo population with SPS is mainly female; the type I of the condition is the most
frequent; both arterial and venous thrombosis can occur, and they are mainly pulmonary
embolism and lower limbs venous thrombosis, respectively.
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