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Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Interna
2019
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- Acquired hemophilia in an elderly person SANDRA MILENA CASTELBLANCO-TORO DIEGO ANDRÉS CHAVARRO-CARVAJAL Medicina inhibitor factor VIII coagulopathy Acquired hemophilia Acquired hemophilia is a rare but highly fatal hemostatic disorder that occurs predominantly in elderly people. It is a disorder secondary to the development of specific autoantibodies directed against coagulation factor VIII. It is characterized by potentially fatal gastrointestinal, pulmonary, retroperitoneal, soft tissue or intracranial hemorrhages, so it requires early diagnoses and effective treatments. The present case is of a 78-year-old man with sudden onset gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with ecchymosis and hematomas in soft tissues, with the complication of a laryngeal hematoma. He had a prolonged partial thromboplastin time (PTT), elevated factor VIII levels and elevated factor VIII inhibitorst. (Acta Med Colomb 2019; 44. DOI:org.siir.client.entities.ExtLink@5228f9). 2019 artículo científico 0120-2448 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=163162973006 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1631/163162973006/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1631/163162973006/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1631/163162973006/163162973006.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1631/163162973006/movil 10.36104/amc.2019.1207 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1631 Acta Médica Colombiana application/pdf Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Interna Acta Médica Colombiana (Colombia) Num.3 Vol.44