← Mystery Diagnosis · Season 9

The Baby Who Bruised Easily

S9 · E4 · 09 Aug 2009 · 1 hr 0 min

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A baby continuously gets bruises and spots all over her body, and even the smallest cuts cause her to lose shocking amounts of blood. Genetic tests reveal that the infant has the rare coagulopathy Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, a recessive genetic condition which prevents platelets from forming blood clots.