Acquired factor VIII deficiency in an elderly woman on tamoxifen.
A case is presented and acquired factor VIII deficiency is discussed. The studied patient was elderly and had cancer of left breast, cancer of the head of the pancreas, history of blood transfusions, and was on tamoxifencitrate therapy for breast cancer. Any one of the above factors could have been responsible for production of factor VIII deficiency.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D011517:Prothrombin Time; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000009:adverse effects*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
D013629:Tamoxifen