Vitamin K Deficiency Presenting in an Infant with an Anterior Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Main Authors: Mauricio A. Palau (Author), Amanda Winters (Author), Xiayuan Liang (Author), Rachelle Nuss (Author), Susan Niermeyer (Author), Megan Gossling (Author), Clyde Wright (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We report a case of a 1-month-old infant with spontaneous thymic hemorrhage secondary to severe vitamin K deficiency. He was brought to medical attention due to scrotal bruising and during evaluation was noted to be tachypneic and hypoxemic. Chest X-ray revealed an enlarged cardiothymic silhouette,...