PERIPHERAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION DUE TO HEMORRHAGE IN HEMOPHILIA
Authors: S R McCAMPBELL, C K NEEDY
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 September 1957PERIPHERAL VASCULAR OCCLUSION DUE TO HEMORRHAGE IN HEMOPHILIASTANLEY R. MCCAMPBELL, M.D., CARL K. NEEDY, M.D.STANLEY R. MCCAMPBELL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CARL K. NEEDY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-3-562 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONHemorrhage into soft tissue secondary to hemophilia is a rare cause of peripheral vascular occlusion. Seven cases of hemophilia with this complication leading to gangrene have been previously reported.1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11Operative treatment was used in all and resulted in loss of either life or limb. Newer methods of therapy are now available and allow a more rational and more conservative approach. The present case of hemophilia is reported not only for its rare complication but also to demonstrate the successful outcome of conservative management. To our knowledge, it is the first reported case of...Bibliography1. Erichsen JE: Extravasation of blood into calf of leg, Lancet 1: 511, 1856. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Starker L: Knochenusur durch ein hamophiles subperiostales Hamatom, Mitt. a. d. Grenzgeb. d. Med. u. Chir. 31: 381, 1918-19. Google Scholar3. Blalock A: Amputation of arm of patient with hemophilia, J. A. M. A. 99: 1777, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FirorWoodhall WMB: Hemophilic pseudotumor: diagnosis, pathology and surgical treatment of hemophilic lesions in small bones and joints, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 59: 237-250, 1936. Google Scholar5. CraddockFenningerSimmons CGLDB: Hemophilia: problem of surgical intervention, Ann. Surg. 128: 888, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Wright IS: Vascular diseases in clinical practice, 2nd Ed., 1952, Year Book Publishers, Chicago, Illinois. Google Scholar7. Schuster JL: Mid-thigh amputation in a hemophiliac, J. Bone and Joint Surg. 36-A: 144, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Dameshek W: What is hemophilia? A symposium, Blood 8: 244-293, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. FoleyWright WTIS: Am. Heart Assoc. 22: 162, 1953. Google Scholar10. Echternacht AP: Pseudotumor of bone in hemophilia, Radiology 41: 565, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. CrandonStandingerFriedman JHLE: Mid-thigh amputation in patient with hemophilia, New England J. Med. 249: 675, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 21, 1956.From the Second (Cornell) Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y., and the Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Stanley R. McCampbell, M.D., The New York Hospital, 525 East Sixty-eighth Street, New York 21, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHemophiliaOPERATIVE SURGERY IN HAEMOPHILIA 1 September 1957Volume 47, Issue 3Page: 562-565KeywordsBlood plasmaHemophiliaHemorrhageHospital medicineReflexesSoft tissues ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...