Transcatheter Arterial Embolization as Treatment for a Life-Threatening Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage Complicating Heparin Therapy.
10.3904/kjim.2011.26.3.352
- Author:
Sang Ho PARK
1
;
Se Whan LEE
;
Ung JEON
;
Min Hyeok JEON
;
Seung Jin LEE
;
Won Yong SHIN
;
Dong Kyu JIN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunghyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, Korea. lovelee93@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Transcatheter embolization;
Retroperitoneal hemorrhage;
Heparin
- MeSH:
Aged;
Anticoagulants/*adverse effects;
*Embolization, Therapeutic;
Female;
Hemorrhage/etiology/radiography/*therapy;
Heparin/*adverse effects;
Humans;
Lumbar Vertebrae/*blood supply;
Retroperitoneal Space;
Therapeutics;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2011;26(3):352-355
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage is a distinct clinical entity that can present in the absence of specific underlying pathology or trauma and is typically associated with anticoagulation therapy. We report a case of a 74-year-old female patient with a cerebral infarction related to atrial fibrillation who developed a spontaneous lumbar arterial hemorrhage complicating heparin therapy. The diagnosis was suggested by a computed tomography scan and confirmed by angiography. She was treated successfully with transcatheter embolization.
