Intracranial haemorrhage due to factor V deficiency.

Factor V deficiency is a rare coagulation disorder which is inherited autosomal recessively. Factor V deficiency should be considered in infants with bleeding disorders and prolonged prothrombin and activated partial thromboplastin times if bleeding continues in spite of vitamin K injection. In this article, the case of an infant with an intracranial haemorrhage due to congenital factor V deficiency is reported.