Subsynovial vascular abnormality causing recurrent hemarthrosis in an 84-year-old man.
We describe a patient with recurrent hemarthrosis of one knee. Investigation demonstrated a vascular abnormality of the synovium as the likely cause. Structural abnormalities of the synovial vasculature should be considered, in the absence of a systemic cause, as a potential source of bleeding in older patients with recurrent hemarthrosis.
Blyth
T
T
Department of Rheumatology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, UK.
Hunter
J
J
Madhok
R
R
Vallance
R
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000098:blood supply*