Multifocal bleeding due to anticoagulant therapy.
A 62-year-old patient on anticoagulant therapy presented with hemothorax, pulmonary hemorrhages and a high retroperitoneal hematoma with obstruction-infarction of the right kidney. Following plasma infusion and pleural drainage, the clinical condition stabilized and kidney function improved.
Moskovitz
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Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Braner
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Engel
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Kleinhaus
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Levin
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DR
D006406:Hematoma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014859:Warfarin; D006493:Heparin