A Complex Teenager with Recurrent Bleeding Symptoms
Created on Dec 23, 2015
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A Complex Teenager with Recurrent Bleeding Symptoms
David Stammers, MD, Fellow, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada Jillian Baker, MD, Staff, Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
A 14-year-old young man with a confirmed, underlying diagnosis of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome presents to the emergency department with a 2-week history of recurrent epistaxis, lasting up to 10 minutes, and mild bruising. He had a similar episode 1 year ago that was treated with cautery. Take the quiz.
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