title: Case Report : Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome (Presenting as late onset heavy Menstrual Bleeding).
abstract: Inherited bleeding disorders contribute significantly to the incidence and prevalence of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB), and contrary to popular belief can present any time during the reproductive years of a woman's life. The following case exemplifies this and is being presented as part of a rare syndrome. The incidence of this syndrome in the general population ranges from 1:500,000 to 1:1000, 000. Besides being rare the presentation was quite uncommon as majority of these cases present with pulmonary fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Father Muller Medical College , Kankanady, Mangalore-575002 Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Amita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Sujoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Jose John
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Matthew
keywords: Heavy menstrual bleeding; Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome (HPS)