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J Vector Borne Dis
January 2025
Department of Internal Medicine (ID Division), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) typically presents with various bleeding manifestations such as epistaxis, gum bleeding, and gastrointestinal bleeding. However, spontaneous large muscle hematoma formation is a rare complication. This case report discusses a patient with DHF who developed bilateral psoas muscle hematomas, a very uncommon presentation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRes Pract Thromb Haemost
January 2025
Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Background: The addition of caplacizumab to immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (iTTP) treatment options has led to a renewed interest in characterizing the epidemiology and risk factors for bleeding in iTTP. Limited data exist on the bleeding risk in iTTP due to systemic underreporting in earlier cohorts.
Objectives: To describe the incidence, patterns, and predictors of bleeding in hospitalized iTTP patients independent of caplacizumab use.
PLoS One
January 2025
Department of Otolaryngology, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Background: Epistaxis is the most common acute disorder managed by ENT services. A 1998 survey (Strachan and England) demonstrated widespread ignorance of correct first aid amongst the public with only 11% of respondents applying correct first aid techniques. Here we repeated and expanded the 1998 study to investigate whether understanding of correct first aid in epistaxis amongst the public and emergency department staff has improved in the last 25 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt Cancer Conf J
January 2025
Department of Urology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-51 Kusunoki-cho, Kobe, Japan.
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by refractory recurrent epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding. Recent studies have reported the hemostatic effects of tyrosine kinase inhibitors on HHT-related bleeding. A 67-year-old man with HHT underwent laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for right renal cell carcinoma discovered during an investigation of anemia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVet Med Sci
January 2025
Veterinary Specialists Scotland, Part of Linnaeus Veterinary Ltd., Livingston, UK.
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