Intracranial bleeding following soccer‐related head trauma in a young student with occult factor VII deficiency

Abstract

Abstract It is important to obtain coagulation tests to assess bleeding risk in trauma patients undergoing emergency surgery when a bleeding disorder may be obscured. Identifying specific clotting factor defects is critical in successful patient management.

Keywords

• coagulation testing
• emergency trauma surgery
• factor VII deficiency
• intracranial bleed
• soccer‐related trauma