Hemophilic pseudotumor secondary to an open fracture of the tibia

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Keywords:

hemophilia, pseudotumor, bleeding episodes, hematoma.

Abstract

Introduction: Hemophilic pseudotumor consists of an encapsulated hematoma with progressive growth, due to repeated bleeding episodes in patients with hemophilia.

Objective: To evaluate the recovery of a patient with a complex and rare injury that already caused limitations to his daily life.

Case presentation: 36-year-old male patient with a personal pathological history of severe hemophilia A, who presented an increase in volume in the right leg after a trauma that he suffered at that level. As time went by, he began to present an increase in volume in the distal middle region of his right leg for more than 10 years, which progressed considerably in the last 3 years, requiring surgical treatment.

Conclusions: The complexity of the patient is not only given by the condition in the medial region of the tibia, but by the underlying disease shows that a diagnosis as accurate and early as possible is required, to adopt an adequate and rapid behavior.

 

Author Biographies

Amaury Socarras Arias, Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología

Especialista de 1er grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología “Dr. José M. Ballester Santovenia”

Alberto Verdura Trujillo, Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología

Especialista de 1er grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología “Dr. José M. Ballester Santovenia”

Yolenia Damisela Lastres Bello, Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabreras Cassio”

Especialista de 1er grado Medicina Física y Rehabilitación Hospital General Docente “Dr. Enrique Cabreras Cassio”

Dulce Isabel Tamayo Peña, Hospital de Rehabilitación “Julio Díaz González”

Especialista de 1er grado Medicina Física y Rehabilitación Hospital de Rehabilitación “Julio Díaz González”

Published

2022-04-12

How to Cite

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Socarras Arias A, Verdura Trujillo A, Lastres Bello YD, Tamayo Peña DI. Hemophilic pseudotumor secondary to an open fracture of the tibia. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 12 [cited 2025 Jan. 30];38(2). Available from: https://revhematologia.sld.cu/index.php/hih/article/view/1590

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Presentaciones de casos