Radial nerve palsy caused by a rapidly growing intramuscular hematoma in an infant with biliary atresia: a case report

• Main Authors: Kohei Kawahara (Author), Koki Ota (Author), Shingo Numoto (Author), Nami Nakamura (Author), Ryosuke Miyamoto (Author), Hitoshi Honma (Author), Yusuke Morishita (Author), Katsuhisa Kawanami (Author), Nozomi Matsushita (Author), Shoko Kato (Author), Kenitiro Kaneko (Author), Akihisa Okumura (Author), Hideyuki Iwayama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare cause of persistent jaundice in infants that can result in vitamin K malabsorption and vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). We present an infant with BA who developed a rapidly growing intramuscular hematoma in her upper arm after a vaccination whi...