COMBINATION OF SEVERE GASTRODUODENAL ULCER AND HEMOPHILIA B IN A CHILD. CLINICAL CASE

Abstract

Gastroduodenal ulcer is less common and milder in children than in adults. Gastroduodenal ulcer complications, such as hemorrhage, penetration etc. are even less common. Recurrent ulcerous defect hemorrhage is a reason to expand diagnostic search and involve various specialists, primarily hematologists, into the diagnosis establishing process. The article presents a clinical case of a child with gastroduodenal ulcer complicated with recurrent hemorrhage not terminated with the standard therapy; thus, additional diagnostic testing was performed. This helped to detect a hematological disease and determine an optimal therapy amount.

Keywords

• gastroduodenal ulcer
• hemophilia
• hemorrhage