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Adenoidectomy in a girl with haemophilia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

H. C. Harrison  and
A. Lammi
H. C. Harrison*
Affiliation:
Visting Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia.
A. Lammi
Affiliation:
Head, Department of Haematology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia.
*
Henley C. Harrison, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.Ed., BMA House, 135 Macquarie Street, Sydney 2000.
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Abstract

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Haemophilia A is a sex-linked inherited disease in which those affected are usually males, and females are usually asymptomatic carriers. This paper presents a haemophilia A carrier who has a low factor VIII level first, to remind readers that females can have low factor VIII levels with consequent increased tendency to bleed; second, to stress the importance of routine questioning regarding a bleeding tendency in the patient or the patient's family and third, to illustrate the importance of pre-operative diagnosis to allow adequate correction of the defect so that surgery such as adenoidectomy can be undertaken with safety in such a patient.

Keywords

AdenoidectomyHaemophilia
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 11 , November 1991 , pp. 957 - 958
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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