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The Journal of Haemophilia Practice
Volume 5 (2018): Issue 1 (April 2018)
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Haemophilic arthropathy: a case of misdiagnosis
Nakalyango Annette Grace
Nakalyango Annette Grace
| Dec 21, 2018
The Journal of Haemophilia Practice
Volume 5 (2018): Issue 1 (April 2018)
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Article Category:
Case Study
Published Online:
Dec 21, 2018
Page range:
156 - 159
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00124
Keywords
Arthrofibrosis
,
arthropathy
,
haemarthrosis
,
misdiagnosis
,
physiotherapy
,
Uganda
© 2018 Nakalyango Annette Grace, published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
The case of a young patient who was misdiagnosed with and treated for septic arthritis, instead of haemophilic arthropathy, raises issues around the need for greater awareness of bleeding disorders in developing countries such as Uganda.
The patient lives with his mother, his paternal grandmother and eight brothers and sisters in a one-room house. One brother has also been diagnosed with haemophilia and two sisters show bleeding tendencies; another brother died from bleeding most probably related to undiagnosed haemophilia
When the patient presented to the physiotherapy department at Mulago Hospital, he had a valgus deformity on the right knee, which was fixed in extension. Through a programme of physiotherapy focusing on functional activities, the condition of his knee and general quality of life have improved significantly