Hydatid cyst surgery complicated by hemorrhage resistant to activated recombinant factor VII, in a hemophiliac A patient with an inhibitor

Abstract

Factor VII is a new coagulation factor replacement therapy. It has permitted the practice of invasive procedures which were up until recently associated with a huge risk of bleeding in patients with hemophilia with inhibitors. Our case illustrates factor replacement therapy failure in a 13-year-old child operated on for hepatic cysts associated with a pelvic cyst. Major bleeding occurred postoperatively requiring several transfusions, an increase in dosage of factor VII, and administration of a heavy dose of factor VIII as a last resort. This case highlights the possibility of failure of factor replacement therapies constituting a life-threatening situation in which alternatives are few.