Spontaneous splenic hematoma due to anticoagulant treatment: A case report

Abstract

Splenic injury is mostly associated with trauma, but spontaneous splenic injury has been associated in various systemic diseases. A 46-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency department with epigastric pain and tenderness in the left upper quadrant. There was no history of trauma, but he was using oral anticoagulant treatment. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography imaging revealed a subcapsular hematoma of the spleen. Oral anticoagulation was antagonized with vitamin K and the patient was discharged in good condition after 3 days of clinical observation. Non-traumatic splenic rupture is a rare complication of oral anticoagulation.

Keywords

• Spleen,Oral anticoagulant,Non-traumatic spleen hematoma

Antikoagülan tedaviye bağlı spontan splenik hematom: Olgu sunumu

Öz

Splenik yaralanma normalde travma ile ilişkilidir, ancak çeşitli sistemik hastalıklarda spontan splenik rüptürü tanımlanmıştır. 46 yaşında erkek hasta acil servise epigastrik ağrı ve sol üst kadranda hassasiyet ile başvurdu. Travma öyküsü yoktu, oral antikoagulan kullanımı mevcuttu. Kontrastlı bilgisayarlı tomografi görüntülemesi dalağın büyük bir subkapsüler hematomunu ortaya çıkardı. Oral antikoagülasyon K vitamini ile antagonize edildi ve hasta 3 günlük klinik gözlemden sonra iyi durumda taburcu edildi. Travmatik olmayan splenik rüptür, oral antikoagülasyonun nadir görülen bir komplikasyonudur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Dalak,Oral antikoagulan,Non-travmatik dalak hematomu

Kaynakça

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