Citation

Anand K, Shows R, Veillon D, Mills G, Munker R. J. La. State Med. Soc. 2015; 167(1): 21-24.

Affiliation

Department of Hematology/Oncology, and Pathology, at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Louisiana State Medical Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

25978752

Abstract

Factor VII deficiency is one of the most common of rare bleeding disorders(1). This autosomal recessive disorder has a prevalence of 1:500,000 with geographic variations. Clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic to severe mucocutaneous bleeding. According to the International Registry of Factor VII Deficiency (IRF7) epistaxis is the most common clinical manifestation. Gastrointestinal and central nervous system(CNS) bleeding are rare presentations.(2-4) We present here the case of a patient with life-threatening CNS bleeding who was found at the age of 58 years to have congenital factor VII deficiency.

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