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A description of two cases of factor V deficiency
Author(s) -
CERNECA FEDERICO,
PARCO ERGIO,
SIMEONE ROBERT,
BEMBI BRUNO,
GIORGI RITA
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
haemophilia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1365-2516
pISSN - 1351-8216
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2516.1995.tb00069.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , cryoprecipitate , pediatrics , menarche , factor v , surgery , factor ix , psychology , developmental psychology , thrombosis , fibrinogen
Summary We report two cases of factor V deficiency. A 12‐year‐old girl with thalassemia major was admitted for bone marrow transplant (mismatched). She was found to have a heterozygous deficiency of factor V (21%), but this was considered compatible with the transplant, which was performed without the support of suppernatant cryoprecipitate. A 14‐year‐old girl (factor V 2%) with a negative history (menarche at age 12, menstrual cycle regular and normal in quantity and length). One year previously she had complained of menorrhagia (length of period, 9 days); tests revealed server anaemia (Hb 4.9 g/dl). We show how even severe cases of factor V deficiency may often be silent, and not require transfusion in surgical procedures, thus avoiding the risks associated with such therapy.