An unusual cause of a haemorrhagic stroke: acquired haemophilia A
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sobia Aleem; Boyang Liu; Girish Balikai; Shamzah Araf
- Source
- BMJ case reports. 2013
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Neurology
Hemophilia A
Haemorrhagic stroke
Article
Diagnosis, Differential
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Acquired haemophilia
medicine
Abnormal clotting
Humans
Stroke
Aged
Clotting factor
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Female
Differential diagnosis
business
Emergency Service, Hospital
Partial thromboplastin time
circulatory and respiratory physiology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
An elderly woman presented with extensive bruising and a haemorrhagic stroke. Initial investigations revealed an abnormal clotting screen with a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time. Further investigations revealed this to be due to antibodies that the patient had developed against clotting factor VIII also known as acquired haemophilia A.