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Updated: May 19 2019

Coagulation Factor Inhibitor

  • Introduction
    • Autoantibody against a coagulation factor
    • Anti-Factor VIII is the most common
      • recall factor VIII is deficient in hemophilia A
  • Presentation
    • Symptoms
      • hemarthroses
      • intramuscular bleeding
      • GI bleeding
      • excessive bleeding in response to minor trauma
        • indistinguishable from hemophilia
  • Evaluation
    • Labs
      • PTT
      • normal PT, bleeding time
    • Mixing studies
      • supplied factor does not result in clot formation
        • antibody inhibits supplied factors
      • used to distinguish from hemophilia, which would clot when supplied normal plasma
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