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Acquired hemophilia: a case report
A case of acquired hemophilia is presented. Widespread blisters and then ecchymoses developed in a 79-year-old woman who was severely demented. Laboratory studies revealed specific complete inhibition of factor VIII in the blood. In any elderly patient with a bleeding diathesis and an abnormality in intrinsic coagulation, the presence of inhibitors to factor VIII should be suspected.
A case of acquired hemophilia is presented. Widespread blisters and then ecchymoses developed in a 79-year-old woman who was severely demented. Laboratory studies revealed specific complete inhibition of factor VIII in the blood. In any elderly patient with a bleeding diathesis and an abnormality in intrinsic coagulation, the presence of inhibitors to factor VIII should be suspected.