Cerebral haemorrhage in haemophilia.
A young male haemophiliac child is here described in whom intracerebral haemorrhage required craniotomy and the subsequent insertion of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. These procedures can now be attempted in severe haemophilia A because of the ease in clotting factor replacement therapy.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D005169:Factor VIII