Acquired haemophilia A: a case report and literature review

Md Herollenienor Felah HUSSIN and Muhd Arif ABDULLAH

Department of Medicine, RIPAS Hospital, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

ABSTRACT

Acquired factor VIII deficiency is a very rare bleeding disorder and can be life threatening and most physicians are not aware of it. This disorder should be suspected if a patient with no prior history of bleeding presented with spontaneous bleeding and unexplained prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). We report a case of a 73-year-old man who presented with spontaneous bleeding secondary to acquired Factor VIII deficiency.

Keywords: Factor deficiency, bleeding, haemophilia, acquired, haemostasis

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Brunei Int Med J. 2015; 11 (2): 106-109