Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Abstract

CONGENITAL afibrinogenemia is a rare disease that was first described by Rabe and Salomon1 in 1920. Since that time about a dozen cases have been reported in the medical literature. A recent report from Ceylon2 described the occurrence of this disorder in a child of mixed English and Eurasian parentage. Probably other cases have been encountered, although not recorded in the medical literature. Henderson, Donaldson and Scarborough3 have presented a case and given an excellent review. The most interesting feature of the case discussed below is the fact that the patient, a girl in her twentieth year, seems in excellent . . .