Case 17-2021: An 82-Year-Old Woman with Pain, Swelling, and Ecchymosis of the Left Arm

N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 10;384(23):2242-2250. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100281.

Authors

Kathleen M Finn¹, Patrick D Sutphin¹, Jonathan C T Carlson¹, Kevin A Raskin¹, Elizabeth M Van Cott¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (K.M.F., J.C.T.C.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Surgery (K.A.R.), and Pathology (E.M.V.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (K.M.F., J.C.T.C.), Radiology (P.D.S.), Surgery (K.A.R.), and Pathology (E.M.V.C.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 34107184
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100281

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Arm / diagnostic imaging
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Ecchymosis / diagnostic imaging
Ecchymosis / etiology*
Edema / etiology
Factor VIII / antagonists & inhibitors
Female
Hemophilia A / complications
Hemophilia A / diagnosis*
Heparin / blood
Humans
Pain / etiology
Partial Thromboplastin Time*
Thrombin Time
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Factor VIII
Heparin

Supplementary concepts

Factor 8 deficiency, acquired