A Large Spontaneous Abdominal Bruise in a 60-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report
| Autor: | Sujatha Mogili, Timothy Woodlock |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors Contusions Hemophilia A Abdominal wall Hematoma Adrenal Cortex Hormones Abdomen Humans Medicine Factor VIII medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Spontaneous bruising General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Bruise medicine.anatomical_structure Female Partial Thromboplastin Time Radiology Presentation (obstetrics) medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis business Immunosuppressive Agents Partial thromboplastin time |
| Zdroj: | Medical Principles and Practice. 21:86-88 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0151 1011-7571 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000331808 |
| Popis: | Objective: To report a case of severe abdominal bruising successfully diagnosed using systematic hemostatic investigations. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: A 60-year-old woman developed a large spontaneous nontraumatic, painless bruise over the right lower abdominal wall. Computed tomographic scan of the abdomen showed a subcutaneous hematoma beneath the site of the obvious bruise diagnosed as a hematoma. Laboratory tests revealed an activated partial thromboplastin time of 53 s and a factor VIII level of Conclusion: This case report showed that whenever there is spontaneous bruising, factor VIII deficiency should be considered as one of the important differential diagnosis. |
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