Successful hematopoietic engraftment with gray platelets after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation from gray platelet syndrome donor

Gray platelet syndrome (GPS) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by the absence of α-granules and their constituents. It may be present with thrombocytopenia and bleeding tendency. Platelets have a large and gray appearance under light and electron microscope. A 19-year old female patient with her second relapse acute lymphoblastic leukemia had to be consolidated with allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) after achieving...