title: Acquired hemophilia successfully treated with oral immunosuppressive therapy.
abstract: Acquired hemophilia is a rare disorder associated with serious bleeding in nonhemophilic patients. We had a 40-year-old woman who was diagnosed as acquired hemophilia with a factor VIII inhibitor level of 27.5 BU/mL. She was presented with gross hematuria and severe right shoulder pain, and was successfully treated with daily oral cyclophosphamide and prednisone for 2 weeks. After the remission, the doses of prednisone and cyclophosphamide were slowly decreased and she remained in complete remission without further bleeding episodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Kwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ryang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone