Two Siblings With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Bleeding Into The Thorax And Abdomen
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Two Siblings With Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Bleeding Into The Thorax And Abdomen

Anatol J Gen Med Res 1995;5(2):178-182 DOI: 10.5222/terh.1995.23786
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Abstract

This article presents two siblings, a 12 year-old girl and a 16 year-old-boy, with type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome who came with episodes of hemorrhage into the abdomen and thorax respectively. The first case was treated surgically for the hematomas in the abdomen. The hemothorax developed in both of was treated with chest drainage.

Keywords: Inherited Connective Tissue Diseases, Complicatios