A case of maxillary gingival carcinoma in a patient with hemophilia A

Abstract

In this report, we describe the successful surgery in a hemophilia A patient suffering from maxillary gingival carcinoma.
A 58-year-old woman presented with the chief complaint of a painful sore in the left maxillary gingival region. The lesion had been diagnosed histopathologically as a squamous cell carcinoma by her doctor. She underwent subtotal maxillectomy following the preoperative chemo-radiotherapy. Preand intra-operatively, coagulation factor VIII concentrates, red blood cell transfusion and fresh frozen plasma were administered. Coagulation factor VIII concentrates was also infused up to 8^th postoperative day. Bilateral radical neck dissection was performed due to the cervical lymph nodes metastasis.