Dabigatran Associated Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Common side effects of dabigatran are bleeding, bruising, nausea, diarrhea, and abdomen discomfort. Skin reactions were not often noted (<0.1%). We report a case of 70-year-old male who developed dabigatran related skin reaction resistant to usual therapy. Skin biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic va...

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Autores principales: Potolidis, Evangelos, Mandros, Charalampos, Kotsa, Kalliopi, Mitsiou, Evdoxia, Potolidis, Dimitris, Fanourgiakis, Panagiotis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26843867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/616109
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Sumario:Common side effects of dabigatran are bleeding, bruising, nausea, diarrhea, and abdomen discomfort. Skin reactions were not often noted (<0.1%). We report a case of 70-year-old male who developed dabigatran related skin reaction resistant to usual therapy. Skin biopsy revealed leukocytoclastic vasculitis.

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