SPONTANEOUS HEMOTHORAX DUE TO RUPTURED PULMONARY INFARCTION AFTER ANTICOAGULATION WITH ENOXAPARIN: A CASE REPORT

Bircan H. A., Sahin U., AKKAYA A.

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY, cilt.8, sa.1, ss.33-36, 2006 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF PULMONOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.33-36
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: anticoagulant, enoxaparin, pulmonary thromboembolism, ruptured infarction, spontaneous hemothorax
  • Bezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Pulmonary thromboembolism remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Embolic obstruction of pulmonary vasculature may result in pulmonary hemorrhage but usually does not cause pulmonary infarction. Pulmonary infarction may occur only 10 % of pulmonary emboli but, the rupture of pulmonary infarction is a very rare condition in the chest diseases clinics. In the literature only a few case reports have been published. We report here spontaneous hemothorax that thought to be occurred due to ruptured pulmonary infarction in a case of pulmonary thromboembolism anticoagulated with enoxaparin (1mg/kg, bid, SC). The patient was successfully managed with discontinuation of anticoagulation, blood and plasma transfusions, chest tube drainage for evacuation of blood from the pleural space.