Intracranial bleeding following soccer-related head trauma in a young student with occult factor VII deficiency.

It is important to obtain coagulation tests to assess bleeding risk in trauma patients undergoing emergency surgery when a bleeding disorder may be obscured. Identifying specific clotting factor defects is critical in successful patient management.

Paraneoplastic Demyelinating Neuropathy, a Multifactorial Disease and Approach to Management.

We report a 53-year-old male with demyelinating polyneuropathy due to a paraneo- plastic syndrome from lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma. This syndrome is an immune-mediated event via plasma cell dyscrasia. The patient suffered near quadriplegia requiring prolonged ventilation.