title: Bleeding diathesis as a cause of menorrhagia: a report of 3 cases.
abstract: Bleeding diathesis as a cause of menorrhagia should not be overlooked at any age even in the perimenopausal woman. Three cases have been presented, wherein bleeding diathesis was the cause of menorrhagia. Two of these patients had acute myeloid leukaemia and the third had immunothrombocytopaenic purpura. A noteworthy point of this series is that one patient was in her teens, the second in the peak reproductive age group and the third in the perimenopausal age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi 110029.
authors.forename: Jyotsna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suri
authors.forename: Bharti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Minocha
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dabral
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy