Adrenal Hemorrhage During Anticoagulant Therapy

Recurrent hemorrhage from corpus luteum during anticoagulant therapy.

A 43-year old woman had recurrent massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage from rupture of a hemorrhagic corpus luteum in two successive menstrual cycles while receiving anticoagulant therapy. Left oophorectomy was performed on the first occasion and right salpingo-oophorectomy with left salpingectomy on the second. While the precise incidence cannot be determined, rupture from a hemorrhagic corpus l...

Restarting Anticoagulant Therapy After Intracranial Hemorrhage

Atrial fibrillation increases the risk of stroke 3to 5-fold and is implicated in about 15% of all strokes every year. Anticoagulation therapy has been proven to be efficacious in reducing incident stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation and mechanical heart valves. However, the benefits of anticoagulation must be carefully weighed against the increased risk of intracra...

Anticoagulant Therapy during Pregnancy

Fourteen patients were treated with anticoagulants during 15 pregnancies. Eleven had venous thrombosis, three with pulmonary embolism; three had prosthetic heart valves; and one had mitral stenosis with pulmonary hypertension. AU 15 were treated with heparin and 10 with warfarin. The mean duration of heparin therapy was 4-5 weeks and of warfarin 14 weeks. There were two minor episodes of recurr...

Ovarian hemorrhage: a complication of long-term anticoagulant therapy.

Anticoagulant Therapy-Induced Gallbladder Hemorrhage after Cardiac Valve Replacement

Anticoagulation therapy is essential after cardiac valve surgery. However, spontaneous bleeding remains a major concern during anticoagulation therapy. Spontaneous gallbladder (GB) hemorrhage (hemobilia) is a rare occurrence during standard anticoagulation therapy. This report presents a case of GB hemorrhage that occurred shortly after initiating oral anticoagulant therapy in a patient who had...