1/454. The management of a person with haemophilia who has a fixed flexed hip and intractable pain.The clinical picture of a fixed flexed hip associated with pain in a person with haemophilia is suggestive of a haemorrhage in that area. Sonography facilitates differentiation between a haemarthrosis, intraperitoneal haemorrhage, subperiosteal bleed, a bleed into the soft tissue around the hip joint or a psoas haematoma. All these aforementioned causes may result in the same clinical presentation. Two cases are described in which coxhaemarthrosis resulted in a flexion contracture of the joint associated with severe intractable pain. Narcotic drugs failed to alleviate the severe pain. Joint aspiration produced dramatic pain relief and early joint rehabilitation.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/454. Massive pulmonary haemorrhage caused by leptospirosis successfully treated with nitric oxide inhalation and haemofiltration.A patient with leptospirosis who developed oliguric renal failure, massive pulmonary haemorrhage and respiratory failure is described. The patient's clinical condition and arterial oxygenation failed to improve despite vigorous supportive measures. nitric oxide inhalation and haemofiltration resulted in a marked clinical improvement and subsequent full recovery. We suggest that the addition of haemofiltration and nitric oxide inhalation therapy should be considered in patients with pulmonary haemorrhage and renal failure caused by leptospirosis, in whom conventional therapy fails.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 3keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/454. Typical presentation of intramural aortic haemorrhage (IAH) with evidence of intimal tear at MRI and angiography.A typical appearance of IAH was evidenced by CT and TEE in a 56-year-old hypertensive female suspected of developping classical acute aortic dissection (AAD). Further examination with MRI and aortography showed unequivocally the presence of an intimal tear in the aortic arch. This coexistence of intimal tear has never been evidenced preoperatively in patients with IAH. This observation demonstrates at the outset that IAH is part of the spectrum of AAD.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/454. Fatal haemorrhage from Dieulafoy's disease of the bronchus.A 70 year old woman with a previous history of healed tuberculosis and suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented with recurrent haemoptysis and respiratory failure from a lobar pneumonia. Massive bleeding occurred when biopsy specimens were taken during bronchoscopy which was managed conservatively, but later there was a fatal rebleed from the same site. Two different Dieulafoy's vascular malformations were found in the bronchial tree at necropsy, one of which was the biopsied lesion in the left upper lobe. This report confirms the possibility that vascular lesions occur in the bronchial tree. It is suggested that, if such lesions are suspected at bronchoscopy, bronchial and pulmonary arteriography with possible embolotherapy should be performed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/454. Congenital bilateral cystic neuroblastoma with liver metastases and massive intracystic haemorrhage.A case of bilateral cystic neuroblastoma with liver metastases in a newborn is reported. CT showed a 10 cm right suprarenal multicystic mass and numerous hepatic cystic masses with intracystic fluid-fluid levels. Multiple smaller cystic lesions were also present in the left adrenal gland. To our knowledge, the CT findings of neonatal bilateral cystic neuroblastoma with liver metastasis and massive acute intracystic haemorrhage has not been previously documented.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2.5keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/454. Internal iliac artery embolisation for intractable bladder haemorrhage in the peri-operative phase.Intractable haemorrhage from the bladder wall during transurethral resection of bladder tumour is uncommon but potentially catastrophic. Internal iliac artery embolisation is a minimally invasive technique, which is now widely practised to stop bleeding from branches of these arteries is situations including pelvic malignancy, obstetric and gynaecological emergencies and trauma. We report its successful use peri-operatively, in an unfit, elderly patient with uncontrolled bleeding.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2.5keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/454. Use of recombinant factor viia (NovoSeven) in a haemophilia A patient with inhibitor in kuwait.Development of inhibitors is a known complication in some haemophiliacs receiving coagulation factor replacement therapy. We report on the successful management of a young boy with haemophilia A with inhibitor using recombinant factor viia. We had failed to control bleeding in this patient following his circumcision, despite infusion with high doses of factor viii concentrate for 2 weeks. Recombinant factor viia is a useful 'factor viii bypassing agent' for the control of bleeding in patients with haemophilia A and B who develop inhibitors. We suggest that severely affected haemophiliacs should be absolved of ritual circumcision as a protective measure against what might become a life-threatening haemorrhage - especially in those with inhibitors.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/454. Massive ovarian haemorrhage complicating oral anticoagulation in the antiphospholipid syndrome: a report of three cases.We report three cases of severe haemorrhagic rupture of luteal ovarian cyst requiring surgical haemostasis in young women treated with long-term oral anticoagulation for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who used no contraception. At the time of bleeding, the international normalized ratios were 3.78, 4.24, and 7.11. Anticoagulation was resumed post-operatively, in association with antigonadotropic progestins to induce ovulatory suppression. A systematic use of these progestins should probably be discussed in young women receiving long-term warfarin for APS. Ovarian haemorrhage must be considered when such patients develop acute abdominal pain.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2.5keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/454. Haemorrhagic acoustic neuroma with features of a vascular malformation. A case report.A 55-year-old man with hearing loss presented with vertigo and vomiting. CT tomography and MRI demonstrated a cerebellopontine angle mass with foci of haemorrhage. An angiomatous tumour, with large abnormal veins adhering to the capsule, was completely removed. Histologically, the tumour was an acoustic neuroma with abnormal vascularisation and limited intratumoral haemorrhage.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/454. Tracheocarotid artery fistula infected with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus.Massive life-threatening haemorrhage from a fistula between the trachea and a major blood vessel of the neck is a rare complication of the tracheostomy procedure, well-recognized by anaesthetists and otolaryngologists. Although the lesion is likely to be encountered at autopsy, it is not described in histopathological literature. The possible causes are discussed together with the macroscopic and microscopic appearances of the lesion. Suitable procedures for its identification and for obtaining appropriate histopathological blocks are suggested. Presence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has not been documented before and might have contributed to the genesis of the fistula in this case.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = haemorrhage (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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