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The Journal of Haemophilia Practice
Volume 8 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)
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Case report of nasal pseudotumor – a rare presentation in severe haemophilia A with high titre inhibitors
Prakas Kumar Mandal
Prakas Kumar Mandal
,
Malini Garg
Malini Garg
,
Debasis Gantait
Debasis Gantait
and
Utpal Jana
Utpal Jana
| Mar 03, 2021
The Journal of Haemophilia Practice
Volume 8 (2021): Issue 1 (January 2021)
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Article Category:
Case Study
Published Online:
Mar 03, 2021
Page range:
11 - 14
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17225/jhp00172
Keywords
haemophilia with inhibitors
,
rituximab
,
nasal pseudotumor
,
surgical removal
,
case report
© 2021 Prakas Kumar Mandal et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
A case report from Kolkata, India, highlights the possibility of treating a high titre inhibitor with rituximab, and the identification of a pseudotumor as the cause of epistaxis.
Figure 1
A. Swelling at the root of nose and forehead after trauma due to fall; B. Nasal swelling persisted and gradually started increasing in size; C. CT scan showing a lobulated expansile soft tissue mass in the bilateral anterior nasal space; D. The soft tissue mass was excised –grossly there were only old clots inside; E. Day seven post-operatively, the child did not have any further bleeding episodes; F. The child has been under regular follow-up for the last three years and is on continued prophylaxis.