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 Case reportLife-threatening biopsy of an iliopsoas pseudotumour in a patient with haemophilia: a case reportAzan S Al Saadi1  , Ali H Al Wadan1  , Sami A El Hamarneh1 and Mohamed E Emad2 1
Department of Surgery, Sana'a University, Sana'a, Yemen 2
Radiology Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt  author email corresponding author email
Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008,
2:135doi:10.1186/1752-1947-2-135 Abstract
Iliopsoas pseudotumour is a serious complication of haemophilia. We present the case of a 20-year-old male patient with a six-month history of left leg weakness, limitation of movement and wasting of the muscles. Clinically he was diagnosed as having a psoas muscle rhabdomyosarcoma. During a computed tomography (CT) scan-guided Tru-cut biopsy he developed a serious and life-threatening bleeding from a retroperitoneal muscular haematoma. The patient underwent laparotomy prior to his final diagnosis of an Iliopsoas pseudotumour, which is a serious, as well as rare, complication of haemophilia. | 
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