Open AccessCellulitis on face in a patient with congenital afibrinogenemia
Author(s) -
G B Chandan,
AG Annaji,
Shruti Bhatnagar,
U Mohandas,
Paresh Dave
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.79933
Subject(s) - afibrinogenemia , cellulitis , medicine , fibrinogen , pediatrics , surgery
Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare coagulation disorder, with an estimated prevalence of 1 : 1,000,000, characterized by a complete absence to reduced level of circulating fibrinogen. This article presents a case of congenital afibrinogenemia, which presented as cellulitis on the face.