title: A surgical presentation for haemophilia A.
abstract: We present the case of a 5-year-old boy with no personal or family history of bleeding disorders, who suffered from recurrent post-tonsillectomy bleeds. The patient required multiple separate emergency visits to theatre in the 2-week postoperative period to achieve haemostasis. Initial baseline coagulation tests were found to be normal. However more extensive clotting studies revealed that the patient had an undiagnosed 'mild' haemophilia A.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, RAEI Hospital, Wigan, UK.
authors.forename: Amritraj
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Randhawa
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, RAEI Hospital, Wigan, UK.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bondin
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, RAEI Hospital, Wigan, UK.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000601:surgery