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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 29
| Issue : 1 | Page : 46-49 |
Cellulitis on face in a patient with congenital afibrinogenemia
GD Chandan1, AG Annaji2, S Bhatnagar3, U Mohandas1, P Dave1
1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
2 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, India
3 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Jodhpur Dental College, General Hospital, Jodhpur, India
Correspondence Address:
G D Chandan
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, VS Dental College and Hospital, VV Puram, KR Road, Bangalore, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.79933
Congenital afibrinogenemia is a rare coagulation disorder, with an estimated prevalence of 1 : 1,000,000, characterized by a complete absence to reduced level of circulating fibrinogen. This article presents a case of congenital afibrinogenemia, which presented as cellulitis on the face.
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