title: Non-traumatic pulmonary haematoma complicating oral anticoagulation therapy.
abstract: Several cases of non-traumatic pulmonary haematoma have been reported in the literature. However, very few of them are related to anticoagulation therapy. The authors report two cases of pulmonary haematoma caused by oral anticoagulant therapy without any underlying pathological lesion. The evolution was fatal in the first case, whereas a slow spontaneous resolution of the haematoma was noted in the second. Non-traumatic pulmonary haematoma can be a complication of oral anticoagulation and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary densities in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: Moussa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Riachy
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mal
authors.forename: Camille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Taillé
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dauriat
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Groussard
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cazals-Hatem
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants