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Query: UMLS:C0019079 (hemoptysis)
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It is not unusual for mild hemophilia A to escape detection into adolescent years and it is often detected following dental extractions or other mild trauma. The present report describes a patient shown to have only 8 to 9 percent factor VIII activity at age 30 years. The presentation of recurrent mild hemoptysis with upper respiratory tract infections is unusual and of interest in the differential diagnosis of hemoptysis.
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PMID:Hemoptysis as a presentation of mild hemophilia A in an adult. 813 87

Hemoptysis in patients with tuberculosis is usually associated with smear-positive and cavitary lung disease. The present case describes a patient suffering from recurrent hemoptysis associated with tuberculosis who had smear-negative and non-cavitary lung disease, and who was subsequently diagnosed as having mild hemophilia A. Although mild hemophilia A sometimes escapes detection until adolescence, there has been no reported case of mild hemophilia A detected by recurrent hemoptysis due to pulmonary tuberculosis. Here, we report a rare case of recurrent hemoptysis in a patient with tuberculosis who had smear-negative and non-cavitary lung disease and who was finally shown to have hemophilia A.
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PMID:Recurrent hemoptysis in tuberculosis with non-cavitary lung disease as a symptom of mild hemophilia A in a young adult. 1067 52