Ashok Chirathalattu Babu, Mattavana Ramakrishna Pillai Balachandran Nair
Haemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder characterised by recurrent hemarthrosis leading to arthropathy. Plain radiography has an important role in its evaluation. This pictorial essay discusses and illustrates the various musculoskeletal imaging manifestations in haemophilia using plain radiography Haemophilia is an X-linked recessive bleeding disorder resulting from the deficiency of clotting factors. It occurs predominantly in males and is transmitted through females. The two common forms, haemophilia A and B are due to the deficiency of factors VIII and IX respectively. Homophilic patients are prone for developing bleeding in the musculoskeletal system and arthropathy results from recurrent bleeding into the joints (hemarthrosis). Knee, elbow and ankle are the most frequently involved joints.1,2 This pictorial assay is aimed to demonstrate the various musculoskeletal imaging manifestations from radiographs of 150 haemophilic patients.
