Spontaneous Thyroid Hemorrhage on Chronic Anticoagulation Therapy

Even though highly vascularized, the thyroid gland rarely has spontaneous bleeding. Bleeding into the thyroid gland can result in potentially lethal acute airway compromise. This case report describes an elderly patient on warfarin for atrial fibrillation, who presented with swelling on the right si...

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Autores principales: Gunasekaran, Kulothungan, Rudd, Kelly M., Murthi, Swetha, Kaatz, Scott, Lone, Nazir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243434
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2017.932

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243434
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2017.932

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