Presentation of an acquired factor VIII inhibitor with a muscular haematoma mimicking a deep venous thrombosis in a patient with breast cancer

Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 1995 Oct;6(7):680-2. doi: 10.1097/00001721-199510000-00010.

Abstract

Acquired haemophilia is a rare disorder that it is associated with several diseases. Patients may present with spontaneous haematomas in different places which can sometimes be fatal. We present a 69-year-old woman with breast carcinoma who developed a factor VIII inhibitor. The initial haemorrhagic event was a spontaneous deep muscular haematoma in the right leg mimicking a deep venous thrombosis. She was successfully treated with prednisone.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Breast Neoplasms / complications
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Factor VIII / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Female
  • Hematoma / diagnosis
  • Hematoma / drug therapy
  • Hematoma / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Muscular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Muscular Diseases / drug therapy
  • Muscular Diseases / immunology*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Thrombophlebitis

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Factor VIII
  • Prednisone