Bilateral adrenal hemorrhage due to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia following partial nephrectomy – a case report

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can cause severe life-threatening events such as bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH). A 48-year-old female developed a pulmonary embolus (PE) following partial nephrectomy. The anticoagulation treatment for her PE was complicated by HIT and subsequent BAH. To th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Winter, Ashley G., Ramasamy, Ranjith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954162/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24715975
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3-24.v1
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Sumario:Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) can cause severe life-threatening events such as bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (BAH). A 48-year-old female developed a pulmonary embolus (PE) following partial nephrectomy. The anticoagulation treatment for her PE was complicated by HIT and subsequent BAH. To the author’s knowledge, this is the first reported case of HIT-associated BAH following renal surgery.

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