Acquired hemophilia: a case report.
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.
D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000032:analysis
D005169:Factor VIII; D013925:Thromboplastin