Blood Res.  2022 Jun;57(2):169-171. 10.5045/br.2022.2022073.

An infant with severe hemophilia A with intracranial hemorrhage mistaken for child abuse: a case report

• Youn JW
• Shim YJ
• Byun JC
• Kwon SM

• KMID: 2530887
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2022.2022073

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  Fig. 1 Computed tomography of brain in an infant with severe hemophilia A with intracranial hemorrhage mistaken to be caused by child abuse. (A) Left temporal and parietal bone fractures. (B) Acute epidural hematoma along the entire left hemisphere and falx cerebri, multifocal hemorrhagic contusion of left cerebral hemisphere, associated subfalcine herniation, and brain edema.

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