DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2019.v07i08.020

Pages: 525-527

Congenital factor V deficiency is a rare hereditary abnormality of autosomal recessive coagulation. Factor V is an essential cofactor in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin by activated factor X. In the absence of this factor, thrombin generation is slowed down and fibrin formation is delayed. This results in a tendency to bleeding. We report a case of factor V deficiency in a Moroccan family following the discovery of an index case. Our work aims to shed light on this rarely diagnosed pathology.