THE SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF A HEMOPHILIC PSEUDOTUMOR IN AN EXTREMITY - A REPORT OF 3 CASES WITH PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES

A haemophilic pseudotumour is a rare complication of haemophilia occur ring in 1-2% of patients with a factor VIII or IX deficiency. This rep ort presents three surgical cases of pseudotumours involved in a patho logical fracture in the extremities. All cases showed a favourable pos t-operative course. If the preoperative management is appropriately de signed, a limb salvage operation for a pathological fracture due to a pseudotumour could be carried out successfully. Before choosing amputa tion of a limb, the surgeon should consider the possibility of limb sa lvage.