A rare presentation of homozygous factor X deficiency in a pregnant patient: A case report and review of the literature.

van Dievoet, Marie-Astrid;Jacquemin, Marc;Van Calsteren, Kristel;Peerlinck, Kathelijne
(2019) Haemophilia (Print) — Vol. 25, n° 1, p. e57-e59 (2019)

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(en) Dear Editor, Congenital factor X (FX) deficiency is an extremely rare, autosomal recessive inherited condition with an estimated incidence of 1:1 000 000 with an eightfold to 10‐fold increase in frequency in populations with consanguineous marriages.1 It is a heterogeneous bleeding disorder that, dependent on the residual FX level, can be asymptomatic or present with grade I (minor provoked), grade II (minor spontaneous; eg, epistaxis) to grade III (severe spontaneous) bleeding (eg, haematomas, haemarthrosis, central nervous, umbilical cord and gastrointestinal bleeding). [...]
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van Dievoet, M.-A., Jacquemin, M., Van Calsteren, K., & Peerlinck, K. (2019). A rare presentation of homozygous factor X deficiency in a pregnant patient: A case report and review of the literature. Haemophilia (Print), 25(1), e57-e59. https://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13654 (Original work published 2019)