Giant abdominopelvic haematoma arising from ovulation in a Glanzmann's thrombasthenia patient with platelet refractoriness: treatment with surgery and intra-abdominal tranexamic acid.
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia (GT) is a very rare autosomal recessive genetic bleeding disorder. Women with coagulation abnormalities are at increased risk of corpus luteum rupture and haemoperitoneum. Here we present a severe case of GT resulting in a haematoma extending from the pelvis to the liver that could only be controlled by surgery and intra-abdominal tranexamic acid.
Hematology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Yahya
Y
Buyukasik
Gokhan
G
Boyraz
Ilker
I
Selcuk
Ozlen
O
Bektas
Z
Z
Selcuk Tuncer
D000328:Adult; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010060:Ovulation; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013915:Thrombasthenia / Q000628:therapy*; D014148:Tranexamic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014148:Tranexamic Acid