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African health sciences · Jun 2019
Case ReportsRectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding due to rivaroxaban: a case report.
- Elif Börekci.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Bozok University, School of Medicine, Yozgat, Turkey.
- Afr Health Sci. 2019 Jun 1; 19 (2): 229022932290-2293.
AbstractRivaroxaban is one of the new anti-coagulants that inhibit Factor Xa and rarely cause rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal haemorrhage which are uncommon, life-threatening complications. Here is a case of an elderly patient on rivaroxaban therapy for the stroke prevention in non-valvular atrial fibrillation who developed rectus sheath hematoma and retroperitoneal bleeding.© 2019 Börekci E.
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