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Acquired Hemophilia: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Seth H. K.,
Frohnsdorff K. G. E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1977.tb00238.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bleeding diathesis , hemorrhagic diathesis , diathesis , abnormality , coagulation , blood coagulation factors , surgery , dermatology , pediatrics , immunology , platelet , psychiatry
A case of acquired hemophilia is presented. Widespread blisters and then ecchymoses developed in a 79‐year‐old woman who was severely demented. Laboratory studies revealed specific complete inhibition of factor VIII in the blood. In any elderly patient with a bleeding diathesis and an abnormality in intrinsic coagulation, the presence of inhibitors to factor VIII should be suspected.