1. Spontaneous lingual and sublingual haematoma: a rare complication of warfarin use.
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Buyuklu M, Bakirci EM, Topal E, and Ceyhun G
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- Aged, Anticoagulants administration & dosage, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Hematoma pathology, Hematoma therapy, Humans, Mouth Floor blood supply, Plasma, Rare Diseases, Tongue blood supply, Treatment Outcome, Warfarin administration & dosage, Anticoagulants adverse effects, Antifibrinolytic Agents therapeutic use, Hematoma chemically induced, Mouth Floor drug effects, Tongue drug effects, Vitamin K therapeutic use, Warfarin adverse effects
- Abstract
Warfarin is commonly used for prevention of embolic events. Bleeding is the main side effect of warfarin. Lingual and sublingual haematoma are rare. In the literature, nine cases have so far been reported. We report the case of a 70-year-old Caucasian woman who developed spontaneous lingual and sublingual haematomas while on warfarin therapy. Spontaneous lingual and sublingual haematoma are rare, but can be potentially life-threatening complications as they cause airway obstruction. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of earliest haematoma after warfarin use., (2014 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.)
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- 2014
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