Anticoagulant-induced intramural duodenal haematoma presenting with upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Warfarin is an anticoagulant agent known to have a common complication, bleeding. Intramural intestinal haematoma is an uncommon incidence of warfarin-induced haemorrhage. Abdominal pain is its most frequent symptom and presentation with upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage is rarely seen. Here, we pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:Arab journal of gastroenterology 2013-12, Vol.14 (4), p.180-182
Hauptverfasser: Köseoğlu, Hüseyin, Solakoğlu, Tevfik, Atalay, Roni, Bolat, Aylin Demirezer, Akin, Ebru, Yürekli, Öykü Tayfur, Büyükaşik, Naciye Şemnur, Ersoy, Osman
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Zusammenfassung:Warfarin is an anticoagulant agent known to have a common complication, bleeding. Intramural intestinal haematoma is an uncommon incidence of warfarin-induced haemorrhage. Abdominal pain is its most frequent symptom and presentation with upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage is rarely seen. Here, we present a 67-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital with active upper-gastrointestinal haemorrhage. In this case, the cause of bleeding has been attributed to duodenal intramural haematoma due to warfarin overuse.
ISSN:1687-1979
2090-2387
DOI:10.1016/j.ajg.2013.09.003