Esra ADIŞEN, Fulya KARACA, Mehmet Ali GÜRER

Gardner Diamond syndrome

Gardner Diamond Sendromu sıklıkla kadınlarda ortaya çıkan, etkilenen bölgelerde ağrıya ve hassasiyete yol açan, kolay çürük oluşması ve ekimoz gelişmesi ile karakterize olan bir durumdur. Psikiyatrik problemler ve hastaların kendi kanlarına otoreâktivite göstermeleri hastalığın iyi bilinen özellikleridir ancak, hastalığın kesin nedeni halen bilinmemektedir. Biz burada bu sendromun karakteristik özelliklerini bulunduran bir olguyu rapor ederek yaşlı popülasyonda gereksiz araştırmalardan kaçınmak için bu sendromun bilinmesi gerektiğim vurgulamak istemekteyiz.

Gardner Diamond sendromu

Gardner-Diamond syndrome is a condition, usually occurring in women, in which bruising occurs easily with resulting ecchymoses, causing pain and tenderness in the affected skin areas. Psychiatric problems and the autoreactivity of the patients to their own blood are well known features of the disease, but the exact cause remains unknown. Herein we report a patient with characteristic features of this syndrome and want to emphasize the necessity of awareness of the disease in the elderly population so as to avoid unnecessary investigations.

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