The von Willebrand disease (vWD) is a hereditary coagulopathy. There is no gender predilection. Clinically characterized by mucocutaneous bleeding, especially nose bleeding, menorrhagia and bleeding after trauma. This article reports a case of a 52-year-old Caucasian male patient with vWD, who presented with extensive bleeding in the tongue after a lacerating injury caused by accidental biting,...

background: immune thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is an autoimmune disease that can cause bleeding disorders in patients, and presents in acute and chronic forms. the acute form is frequently seen in children, but the chronic form mainly inflicts adults. there are differences and similarities in clinical and laboratory findings of the disease between children and adults. we study these differen...

Invasive procedures for patients with bleeding disorders require planning on the part of the health care team. The patient population affected involves those with hereditary bleeding disorders, such as von Willebrand disease or hemophilia; in addition, patients who use antithrombotic drugs must be considered and their care managed. The choice of treatment depends on a number of factors, includi...

Background: Data on the frequency of hereditary bleeding disorders (HBDs) and associated mortality and morbidities during a long-term follow-up from Iran are scarce. Objective: This study evaluated the epidemiologic features among patients with HBD in one of the largest referral centers in southern Iran. Methods: In this cross-secti...

Excessive bleeding after dental procedures are one of the most frequent complications occurring in patients with hereditary bleeding disorders. In this retrospective study we collected data from 10 years of experience in the oral care of patients with congenital haemorrhagic disorders in three Italian Hemophilia Centers. Between 1993 and 2003, 247 patients with inherited bleeding disorders unde...

Congenital bleeding disorders account for approximately one in 10,000 births. Dentists are often anxious about delivering treatment to this special group of patients. In the Irish Republic, patients with inherited bleeding disorders have their dental care co-ordinated centrally at the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders (NCHCD), St James's Hospital, Dublin. Dental care is norma...

One new case and 29 reported cases of hereditary prekallikrein (Fletcher factor) deficiency are reviewed. Abnormalities in the coagulation, fibrinolytic, complement, and kinin systems are described. These cases are discovered incidentally by prolonged partial thromboplastin times (PTTs) which correct with extended incubation in the presence of a contact activator. Prekallikrein levels are less ...

The aim of the present study was to assess predictive factors for occurrence of idiopathic menorrhagia (IM), a disease characterized by abnormal endometrial blood vessel morphology. It was hypothesized that IM exhibits familial clustering (suggesting inheritance) and is associated with other vascular abnormalities, primarily cutaneous hemangiomas. Women with IM (n=152) and healthy, regularly me...

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome) is an autosomal dominant vascular disorder, manifesting with telangiectases and bleeding in different parts of the body. We report a patient who presented with bleeding from various sites.

Hereditary bleeding disorders include a group of diseases with abnormalities of coagulation. Prior to 1990, infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) was mainly transmitted via pooled plasma products as a treatment for hereditary bleeding disorders. Anti-HCV positivity in these patients may be as high as >70% in some areas, while some of them have also been coinfected with human immunodeficiency v...