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. 2018 Sep 24;10(3):7235. doi: 10.4081/hr.2018.7235

Table 2.

Patient’s multiple hospital admissions.

12/2/2013 Thyroidectomy with postoperative hematoma requiring evacuation and JP drain.
12/19/2013 Admitted for re-evacuation of neck hematoma, DDAVP administered with cessation of bleeding.
5/2014 Admitted for severe mucosal bleeding after dental procedure. Required platelets, FFP, DDAVP, Humate-P, and aminocaproic acid. Bleeding diathesis workup inconclusive.
10/2014 Admitted with abdominal pain and massive hepatosplenomegaly. Coagulopathy workup established factor VII deficiency. Transjugular biopsy of liver obtained with prophylactic rFVIIa administered. Liver biopsy revealed AL-amyloidosis-Kappa type.
11/2014 Admitted for bleeding at transjugular biopsy site and retroperitoneal hematoma. Hemorrhage was controlled with rFactor VIIa infusions.
12/2015-8/2016 Received treatment for AL-amyloidosis-Kappa type with bortezomib, dexamethasone, and cyclophosphamide, and later with colchicine and prednisone without improvement in hepatic function. Developed complications from cirrhosis including GI bleeding and SBP. Eventually succumbed to uncontrolled upper GI hemorrhage.