Macfarlane J D, Kroon H M, Caekebeke-Peerlinck K M
Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Clin Rheumatol. 1989 Mar;8(1):98-102. doi: 10.1007/BF02031077.
A 62-year-old woman with severe von Willebrand's disease and a long history of joint complaints is presented. Her history, the progressive radiological findings, the demonstration of haemarthrosis and a literature review support the view that some patients with von Willebrand's disease can suffer from an incapacitating arthropathy akin to that seen in haemophilia.
