Life-threatening intracranial bleeding associated with the presence of an
antifactor VII autoantibody
A Delmer, MH Horellou, G Andreu, T Lecompte, F Rossi, MD Kazatchkine, M Samama and R Zittoun
Service d'Hematologie, Laboratoire Central d'Hematologie, Hotel-Dieu,
Paris, France.
This is a report of a 62-year-old male patient who had a bleeding disorder
due to the presence of a factor VII (proconvertin) inhibitor. After
treatment with a high-dose intravenous (IV) immunoglobulin failed and a
life-threatening intracranial hemorrhage occurred, plasma exchanges were
performed and immunosuppressive therapy was given. The factor VII inhibitor
promptly disappeared, and the patient's parameters of hemostasis became
normal. Even though a relapse occurred some months later, the patient
responded to immunosuppressive therapy. No underlying disorder was
evidenced after 17 months of follow-up.
Volume 74,
Issue 1,
pp. 229-232,
07/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The American Society of Hematology