Adenoidectomy in a girl with haemophilia.
Haemophilia A is a sex-linked inherited disease in which those affected are usually males, and females are usually asymptomatic carriers. This paper presents a haemophilia A carrier who has a low factor VIII level first, to remind readers that females can have low factor VIII levels with consequent increased tendency to bleed; second, to stress the importance of routine questioning regarding a bleeding tendency in the patient or the patient's family and third, to illustrate the importance of pre-operative diagnosis to allow adequate correction of the defect so that surgery such as adenoidectomy can be undertaken with safety in such a patient.
Harrison
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Department of Haematology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia.
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D000233:Adenoidectomy; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002353:Carrier State; D005169:Factor VIII / Q000032:analysis / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods
D005169:Factor VIII