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Several spontaneous episodes of haemarthroses of the knee in a young man led to repeated arthroscopic examinations and one arthrotomy of the affected joint until a juxta-articular haemangiohamartoma was indicated by angiogram. Excision of the malformation stopped the bleeding tendency.
Recurrent spontaneous haemarthrosis of the knee associated with a synovial and...

A 25-year-old man presented to the emergency department because of pain and swelling of the left knee after a motorcycle accident that had occurred 2 days earlier. He had no previous significant clinical or surgical history. Clinical examination suggested the presence of joint effusion in the suprapatellar pouch, with severe...

We report seven children in whom traumatic haemarthrosis of the hip had produced lateral subluxation of the femoral head, which is different from the apparent displacement seen in Perthes' disease. In all seven cases, aspiration of the haemarthrosis allowed reduction of the femoral head, and follow-up for a mean of...

Hemophilia is a hereditary blood disease characterized by impaired coagulability of the blood. Hemophilia A is the most common of the severe, inherited bleeding disorders. This type, also called classic hemophilia, is due to a deficiency of clotting factor VIII. The athlete with hemophilia A reported pain and loss of...

A clotting screen should always be performed in a child with a swollen joint, even if there is a history of minor trauma, to exclude underlying bleeding disorders. A prompt diagnosis of haemophilia will allow early arrest of bleeding by appropriate treatment, which will in turn minimise complications and reduce...