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Hemophilia A is the commonest inherited coagulation defect in human beings, whereas congenital hypofibrinogenemia is a much rarer disease. Occurrence of these two inherited diseases in the same family has not been reported so far. Younger sibling of a known case of Hemophilia A presented with recurrent, spontaneously occurring echymotic spots having prolonged PT, APTT, TT and very low absolute fibrinogen level with normal factor VIII level ultimately diagnosed as a case of congenital hypofibrinogenemia.
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Basu, B. Hemophilia A and congenital hypofibrinogenemia: A rare association in same family. Indian J Pediatr 77, 206–207 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-009-0267-y
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