Spontaneous Breast Hematoma Associated With Warfarin

Year 2015, , 22 - 24, 28.04.2015

Yasemin Kaya , Ali Kurt Ebru Çanakçı Zeki Günaydın Osman Bektaş Hasan Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.84627

Abstract

Today warfarin sodium (Coumadin) is still the most commonly used agent for anticoagulant therapy. Dosage adjustment is very difficult because of many drugs and food interaction thus it can be very easy to overdose. Coumadin can cause bleeding which can be serious and sometimes lead to death. There are many cases in the literature that caused severe bleeding in different parts of the body but there is not spontaneous breast hematoma. We want to present 84-year-old female patient who had warfarin therapy due to pulmonary embolism, atrial fibrillation and right atrial thrombus. She admitted to the emergency department with a 2 day history of swelling and bruising at left breast without a history of trauma.

Keywords

Breast Hematoma, Warfarin, Anticoagulant

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