Clot
Retraction Test - 2
Clinical application: abnormal retraction seen
in:
Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia
Thrombocytopenia (<100,000/mL)
Paraproteins seen in multiple
myeloma
Polycythemia – many free red cells
Dysfibrinogenemia and
hypofibrinogenemia
Small clot with many
free RBCs
Disseminated Intravascular
Coagulation (DIC)
Small , ragged clot
with many free RBCs