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Case report of nasal pseudotumor – a rare presentation in severe haemophilia A with high titre inhibitors Cover

Case report of nasal pseudotumor – a rare presentation in severe haemophilia A with high titre inhibitors

Open Access
|Mar 2021

Abstract

Haemophilia patients with inhibitors suffer from increased morbidity and mortality due to the ineffectiveness of factor VIII replacement. Pseudotumors are rare but dangerous complications in these patients, and nasal pseudotumors are even rarer. Here, we present the case of a young child with severe haemophilia A with high titre inhibitors who developed a nasal pseudotumor. When immune tolerance therapy was not possible due to financial constraints, he was treated with FEIBA prophylaxis and rituximab. The pseudotumor was managed with surgical excision. We conclude that epistaxis in haemophiliacs can be due to an underlying nasal pseudotumor, and highlight the use of rituximab for the eradication of inhibitors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00172 | Journal eISSN: 2055-3390
Language: English
Page range: 11 - 14
Published on: Mar 3, 2021
Published by: Haemnet Ltd
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Prakas Kumar Mandal, Malini Garg, Debasis Gantait, Utpal Jana, published by Haemnet Ltd
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