• African health sciences · Jun 2019

    Case Reports

    Rectus 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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