Hemorrhagic Diathesis Due to a Circulating Anticoagulant Report of Case with Laboratory Observations

Hemorrhagic diathesis due to a circulating anticoagulant. Report of case with laboratory observations.

OZNER, JOLLIFE AND TAYLOR’ first described, in 1940, a case of bleeding tendency resulting from the presence of an anticoagulant in the patient’s circulation. Since then the appearance of 1 1 additional case reports of this unusual hemorrhagic diathesis has given an opportunity to study previously unknown, abnormal mechanisms of blood coagulation.2’3 It has recently been pointed out’4 that thes...

Haemorrhagic diathesis due to a circulating anticoagulant investigated by the thromboplastin generation test.

A circulating anticoagulant which inhibits or delays the formation of thromboplastin is now a recognized cause of acquired haemorrhagic diathesis (Biggs and Macfarlane, 1953). Reported cases of this condition may be divided into three groups. The first group consists of true haemophiliacs in whom the appearance of the anticoagulant follows blood transfusion. In the second group the anticoagulan...

A hemorrhagic diathesis due to a qualitative platelet defect.

Severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic diathesis due to brucellosis.

BACKGROUND We aimed to examine cases of brucellosis that presented with severe thrombocytopenia and hemorrhagic diathesis. METHODS A total of 10 brucellosis cases with severe thrombocytopenia were included in this case-series study. Patients' files were reviewed for their clinical and laboratory findings, as well as clinical outcomes and complications. Platelet counts of < 20,000/mm³ were dia...

Myiasis of scalp due to Chrysomya Bezziana: A case report

Myiasis is the invasion of animal or human tissues by the larval stage of flies (Diptera). It is an accidental infestation in human. In this report a rural fifty-six-year old patient with myiasis on the scalp is presented. He was referred to clinic with a mass on his left temporo-occipital area. There was no history of trauma to his head or presence of ulcer on his scalp. In physical examinatio...