Presumed vestibular hemorrhage secondary to warfarin.
Hemorrhage secondary to anticoagulant therapy is well documented. We report a patient who presented with acute vertigo and unilateral deafness while on warfarin and was found to have a probable hemorrhage in the labyrinth, identified on MRI.
Kothari
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M
Department of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA.
Knopp
E
E
Jonas
S
S
Levine
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D
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014859:Warfarin