Congenital Afibrinogenemia presenting as antenatal intracranial bleed: a case report.

Abstract

Congenital afibrinogenemia is a very rare inherited coagulation disorder, characterized by virtual absence of plasma fibrinogen (factor I). There are only about 250 cases reported in the world literature 1. We describe a case of congenital afibrinogenemia which presented as an antenatally detected intracranial bleed.

• Authors: Gopakumar Hariharan, Sivji Ramachandran, Rajiv Parapurath
• Journal: Italian journal of pediatrics (Ital J Pediatr) Vol. 36 Pg. 1 (Jan 05 2010) ISSN: 1824-7288 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 20180944 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Fibrinogen

Topics

• Afibrinogenemia (complications, congenital, diagnosis)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Fibrinogen (metabolism)
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Intracranial Hemorrhages (blood, diagnosis, etiology)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed