[An unusual late manifestation of hemorrhage caused by vitamin K deficiency].
After an uneventful pregnancy and birth at home without vitamin K-prophylaxis, a 13-day-old breast-fed newborn showed an unexplained swelling of his right elbow and avoided movement of his right arm. One week later a swelling of his left thigh and hip with extensive hematoma led to the diagnosis of vitamin K-deficiency. The initial symptoms can be interpreted as an unusual primary manifestation of late hemorrhagic disease caused by vitamin K-deficiency.
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Klinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
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D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001942:Breast Feeding; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014813:Vitamin K Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
Ungewöhnliche Spätmanifestation einer Vitamin K-Mangelblutung.