TYK343
A 16 year-old male patient presents for cauterization of bleeding tonsils for the third time after having his tonsillectomy three weeks ago. After adequate surgical treatment, you request hematologic consultation and evaluation to rule out bleeding disorders. Assuming the patient has an inherited coagulation disorder, which of the following is MOST LIKELY to be the diagnosis?
a) Glanzmann thrombasthenia
b) Hemophlia A
c) Hemophilia B
d) von Willebrand disease
e) None of the above
Answer
Answer d. Von Willebrand disease is the most common inherited coagulopathy, affecting up to 1% of the general population. The hemophilias are much more likely to be diagnosed earlier in life. Glanzmann Thrombasthenia is a rare disease and is not the most likely diagnosis in this case.
Notes
- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.