A 17 yr old female with a congenital bleeding disorder was found to suffer from dysfibrinogenemia. Whole blood and plasma coagulation times were delayed and thrombelastograms were grossly abnormal. Clottability of plasma fibrinogen by addition of thrombin was not demonstrated during the 30 min test period. Fibrinogen was revealed by turbidometric and immunologic techniques. Other coagulation factors were present in normal amounts and prothrombin activation was normal. Patient's plasma inhibited thrombin clotting times of normal plasma and purified normal fibrinogen. Fibrinolysis was not detected.
Eberhard F. Mammen, Ananda S. Prasad, Marion I. Barnhart, Chi C. Au
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