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Ultrasound use of post-traumatic gluteal haematoma in a patient using warfarin
Affiliations- Department of Emergency Medicine, Ufuk University Medical Faculty, Dr Ridvan Ege Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Most of the muscle pathologies consist of traumas. The use of oral anticoagulants increases post-traumatic bleeding and haematoma risk. Ultrasonography has an important place in diagnostic examination of the soft tissue haematomas that appear in post-traumatic period. In this study a patient is presented who used warfarin and was admitted at the emergency department with hip pain and difficulty in walking, and who had gluteal haematoma on ultrasound after falling down. Hip pains in patients using warfarin must be alarming in terms of gluteal haematoma. Ultrasound offers fast and reliable results in preventing complications.
Abstract
Most of the muscle pathologies consist of traumas. The use of oral anticoagulants increases post-traumatic bleeding and haematoma risk. Ultrasonography has an important place in diagnostic examination of the soft tissue haematomas that appear in post-traumatic period. In this study a patient is presented who used warfarin and was admitted at the emergency department with hip pain and difficulty in walking, and who had gluteal haematoma on ultrasound after falling down. Hip pains in patients using warfarin must be alarming in terms of gluteal haematoma. Ultrasound offers fast and reliable results in preventing complications.
Keywords
haematoma; trauma; gluteal muscle; warfarin; ultrasound
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Ultrasound use of post-traumatic gluteal haematoma in a patient using warfarin
Journal
Disaster and Emergency Medicine Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
124-127
Published online
2019-10-08
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Bibliographic record
Disaster Emerg Med J 2019;4(3):124-127.
Keywords
haematoma
trauma
gluteal muscle
warfarin
ultrasound
Authors
Fatih Demir
Gülden Kazancı
Jacek Smereka
Damian Gorczyca
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