Hemarthrosis (or haemarthrosis, plural h(a)emarthroses) is a bleeding into joint spaces.
[edit] Causes
It usually follows injury but occurs mainly in patients with a predisposition to hemorrhage such as those being treated with warfarin (or other anticoagulants) and patients with hemophilia.
It can be associated with knee joint arthroplasty.[1]
[edit] Treatment
In hemophilia it may occur spontaneously, and recurrent hemarthroses are a major cause of disability in that patient group due to hemophilic arthropathy, requiring synovectomy, joint replacement[2] and increased medical therapy to prevent further bleeding episodes, although it is controversial whether clotting factor administration adequately prevents hemarthroses.[3]
[edit] Complications
Up to a quarter of all severe ligament or capsular knee injuries leading to a haemarthrosis are associated with cartilage damage that can lead to progressive degenerative arthritis.[4]
[edit] References
|
|
|
| Decreases |
|
|
| Increases |
|
|
general Bruise/Hematoma: Petechia · Purpura · Ecchymosis
regional: head ( Epistaxis, Hemoptysis, Intracranial hemorrhage, Hyphema, Subconjunctival hemorrhage) · torso ( Hemothorax, Hemopericardium, Pulmonary hematoma) · abdomen ( Gastrointestinal bleeding, Haemobilia, Hemoperitoneum, Hematocele, Hematosalpinx ) · joint ( Hemarthrosis)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
