CASE REPORT
Year : 2017 | Volume
: 8 | Issue : 2 | Page : 88--90
An atypical presentation of hemophilia in an infant: A diagnostic dilemma in a resource-constrained setting
Ibrahim Aliyu1, Zainab F Ibrahim2
1 Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
2 Department of Nursing, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Zainab F Ibrahim
Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University, Kano
Nigeria
Hemophilia is one of the most common inherited disorders. There are mainly two types: hemophilia A and B. They are both X-linked disorders; therefore, they are mostly expressed in male patients. Common forms of presentation are bleeding from trauma site, following circumcision, and into joints. However, a case of a 7-month-old male child who presented with severe anemia and febrile illness that was treated for severe malaria is reported, but further review revealed a right axillary hematoma, and his clotting studies showed prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, and therefore the diagnosis of hemophilia was made.
How to cite this article:
Aliyu I, Ibrahim ZF. An atypical presentation of hemophilia in an infant: A diagnostic dilemma in a resource-constrained setting.Muller J Med Sci Res 2017;8:88-90
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Aliyu I, Ibrahim ZF. An atypical presentation of hemophilia in an infant: A diagnostic dilemma in a resource-constrained setting. Muller J Med Sci Res [serial online] 2017 [cited 2023 Jun 3 ];8:88-90
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