Four cases of hemophilia complicated with hematorrhachis in infants
10.3760/cma.j.cn101070-20200303-00315
- VernacularTitle:婴幼儿血友病并椎管内出血4例
- Author:
Rujuan LING
;
Hongsheng LIU
;
Yun ZHENG
;
Liya HE
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2021;36(2):140-142
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Clinical data of 4 cases of infants with hemophilia complicated with hematorrhachis diagnosed in Guangzhou Women and Children′s Medical Center from January 2017 to December 2018 was retrospectively analyzed.The clinical manifestations of 4 children was atypical, only showing irritability and crying, poor spirit and weak head in the early stage, and torticollis and limb weakness in the late stage may easily contribute to a misdiagnosis.The spinal magnetic resonance imaging is an important diagnosis of hematorrhachis.The most common site of disease was cervicothoracic and thoracolumbar spinal epidural hemorrhage.Of the 4 patients in this article, 1 patient was treated with surgery combined with infusion factor Ⅷ replacement therapy.Three patients were treated with infusion factor Ⅷ replacement therapy alone to obtain clinical rehabilitation.The prognosis of early diagnosis was good, the time from onset to diagnosis in 3 cases was within 1 week, after treatment all had rehabilitation; 1 case within 2 weeks of diagnosis, partial rehabilitation.It is suggested that hemophilia complicated with hematorrhachis in infants is hidden, and it can only be irritable and crying in the early stage, and neurological symptoms appear in the late stage.Improving diagnostic awareness, early diagnosis and early infusion factor replacement therapy are critical for prognosis.
