A Preoperative Evaluation Revealing a Rare Coagulation Factor Deficiency

What is it about?

Constitutional factor II deficiency is a rare coagulation disorder. The autosomal recessive form has an estimated prevalence of 1-2 million. Clinical symptoms depend on the rate of factor II deficiency. We report a fortuitous discovery of an isolated factor II deficiency in a 9-year-old girl of 1st degree consanguineous parents, following a preoperative assessment of drainage of her abundant pericardial effusion

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Why is it important?

Coagulation factor II or prothrombin, is vitamin k dependent. Acquired prothrombin deficiency occurs in patients with vitamin K deficiency, liver disease

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