title: Bleeding diathesis in Noonan syndrome.
abstract: An 18-year-old girl with Noonan syndrome was operated on for prominent ears. Subcutaneous haematomas developed on both sides, and coagulation tests reported a bleeding diathesis. This is seldom mentioned in descriptions of the syndrome, but it has been shown that one-third of all patients with the syndrome have defects in haemostasis. Extended screening is therefore useful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery, Academical Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. joost@staudt.nl
authors.forename: Joost M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Staudt
authors.forename: Chantal M A M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Van der Horst
authors.forename: Marjolijn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Paris
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Melis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006474:Hemorrhagic Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009634:Noonan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*