Intracranial bleeding following soccer-related head trauma in a young student with occult factor VII deficiency

Nerea Lopetegui Lia; Abigael Luke; Syed Daniyal Asad; Shashank Sama; Leo J Wolansky; Upendra P Hegde

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3094

Intracranial bleeding following soccer-related head trauma in a young student with occult factor VII deficiency

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Oct 3;8(11):2148-2151. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3094. eCollection 2020 Nov.

Authors

Nerea Lopetegui Lia¹, Abigael Luke², Syed Daniyal Asad³, Shashank Sama¹, Leo J Wolansky⁴, Upendra P Hegde²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington CT USA.
² Division of Hematology/Oncology Department of Medicine The Carole and Ray Neag Cancer Center University of Connecticut School of Medicine Farmington CT USA.
³ Department of Neurology University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Hartford Hospital Farmington CT USA.
⁴ Department of Radiology/Diagnostic Imaging University of Connecticut Farmington CT USA.

Abstract

It is important to obtain coagulation tests to assess bleeding risk in trauma patients undergoing emergency surgery when a bleeding disorder may be obscured. Identifying specific clotting factor defects is critical in successful patient management.

Keywords: coagulation testing; emergency trauma surgery; factor VII deficiency; intracranial bleed; soccer‐related trauma.

Publication types

Case Reports