[Intraventricular hemorrhage in a newborn caused by factor V deficiency].
Congenital factor V deficiency is an unusual recessive autosomal coagulopathy. Symptoms usually appear after the neonatal period. We report the case of a newborn infant with no obstetric antecedents who presented spontaneous intraventricular hemorrhage. Coagulation studies showed alterations, and we found severe factor V deficiency. Heterozygosity of the parents was revealed by reduced factor V levels in both.
Cancho Candela R
Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital General Río Carrión. Palencia. ramonmercedes@retemail.es
Andrés De Llano J
Sánchez Marcos M
Urueña Leal C
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D005166:Factor V Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male