BRUISE X BLEEDING DIATHESIS P

What is already known on this topic?

• Bruising in children without an inherited bleeding disorder increases with mobility, but is very uncommon in premobile children in the absence of physical abuse.
• In children without an inherited bleeding disorder, bruises are rare on the ears, eyes, neck and genitalia at all mobility stages.
• There are no data available on the pattern of bruising to be expected in young children with an inherited bleeding disorder.

What this study adds?

• Children with severe inherited bleeding disorders have more, and larger, bruises than children without an inherited bleeding disorder, especially when premobile.
• The location of bruises on children with an inherited bleeding disorder differs from those without an inherited bleeding disorder.
• At all mobility stages, for children with or without an inherited bleeding disorder, bruises were rare on the ears, neck, cheeks, eyes or genitalia.