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Overlapping clinical phenotypes, variants of uncertain significance (VUS), and structural variants detectable only by complementary copy-number variant (CNV) analysis or array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) frequently impede diagnostic classification.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Methods We report seven pediatric patients from five unrelated families, structured into two diagnostic parts. Part 1 addresses inherited platelet disorders evaluated using a standardized diagnostic algorithm including complete blood count, light transmission aggregometry (LTA), flow cytometry (FC)-based platelet phenotyping, and targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) including CNV analysis. Part 2 focuses on disorders involving the von Willebrand factor (VWF) axis, assessed by the VWF antigen (VWF:Ag), VWF collagen binding activity (VWF:CBA), VWF multimer analysis, ADAMTS13 activity and antigen, LTA, and molecular genetic testing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results Three diagnostically relevant constellations were identified. In Part 1, one patient with a classical Hermansky\u2013Pudlak syndrome phenotype required CNV analysis to detect compound heterozygous pathogenic variants. Two siblings fulfilled diagnostic criteria for Glanzmann thrombasthenia based on LTA, FC, and genetic testing. A third patient showed a Glanzmann-like phenotype in LTA and FC but carried a homozygous VUS in ITGA2B combined with a heterozygous ANKRD26 nonsense mutation. In Part 2, three additional patients demonstrated rare VWF-mediated mechanisms of thrombocytopenia due to ADAMTS13 deficiency or von Willebrand disease type 2B.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusions This case series highlights the diagnostic complexity of pediatric platelet disorders and emphasizes the importance of a multimodal approach integrating functional platelet assays, NGS including CNV analysis, and careful clinical correlation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2859-1587","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]],"date-time":"2026-05-04T23:11:57Z","timestamp":1777936317000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Navigating the Diagnostic and Clinical Spectrum of Thrombocytopenia and Thrombocytopathy: Lessons from a Case Series"],"prefix":"10.1055","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2750-7229","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hannah","family":"Glonnegger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children\u2019s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9238-2904","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Doris","family":"Boeckelmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children\u2019s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7081-8604","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rebekka","family":"Wiedenhoefer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children\u2019s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kristin","family":"Reichert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children\u2019s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cornelia","family":"Sattler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics I, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4796-3424","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Behnaz","family":"Pezeshkpoor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Spehl","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Children\u2019s Hospital Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Henschen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Children\u2019s Hospital Schwarzwald-Baar-Klinikum Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4954-7029","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Zieger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Children\u2019s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center \u2013 University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"213","DOI":"10.1186\/s13023-014-0213-6","article-title":"Functional and molecular characterization of inherited platelet disorders in the Iberian Peninsula: results from a collaborative study","volume":"9","author":"I S\u00e1nchez-Guiu","year":"2014","journal-title":"Orphanet J Rare Dis"},{"issue":"12","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e31363","DOI":"10.1002\/pbc.31363","article-title":"Immune or inherited thrombocytopenia? 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