Femoral Nerve Palsy due to Anticoagulant Induced Retroperitoneal Hematoma.
A forty-one-year-old man who, sought evaluation for a sudden hip flexion contracture and groin pain with a history of mechanical mitral valve replacement, had been misdiagnosed and treated as having lumbar discopathy for two days. This patient finally was diagnosed with compressive femoral neuropathy due to warfarin-induced retroperitoneal hematoma and successfully managed nonoperatively. This case is reported in order to draw attention to this rare presentation.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Balıkesir University, Bigadic, 10010 Balıkesir, Turkey.
Orcun
O
Gurbuz
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Balıkesir University, Bigadic, 10010 Balıkesir, Turkey.
Abdulkadir
A
Ercan
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Balıkesir University, Bigadic, 10010 Balıkesir, Turkey.
Gencehan
G
Kumtepe
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Samsun Hospital for Education and Research, İlkadım, 55090 Samsun, Turkey.
Ilker Hasan
IH
Karal
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Park Usak Hospitals, 64000 Usak, Turkey.
Yusuf
Y
Velioglu
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem Bursa Hospital, 16110 Bursa, Turkey.
Serdar
S
Ener