Spontaneous hemothorax caused by rivaroxaban treatment for pulmonary embolism: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Key Clinical Message Hemothorax is a rare and potentially fatal condition characterized by pleural effusion containing over 50% of the patient's hematocrit. A massive hemothorax involves blood loss exceeding 1.5 L.
Bassem Al Hariri +5 more
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Case report: Spontaneous hemothorax following anticoagulation for microthrombi in severe COVID pneumonia [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023 Background: Anticoagulant therapy has become a hallmark of treatment for critically ill COVID patients. Gastrointestinal and intracranial hemorrhage are known major complications of anticoagulation, but spontaneous hemothorax is a rare event ...
Alexander Friedman, Michael Ulrich
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Spontaneous hemothorax caused by concomitant low-dose rivaroxaban and itraconazole in a 95-year-old patient: case report and literature review [PDF]
Journal of International Medical Research, 2021 Although direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) decrease the bleeding risk compared with vitamin K antagonists (VKAs), DOACs might cause spontaneous hemothorax in very elderly patients, even at a very low dose.
Mei Liu, Wenwen Liu, Hongmei Jiao
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Ibrutinib-associated alveolar hemorrhage and spontaneous hemothorax [PDF]
Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022 Ibrutinib is an irreversible inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase of the Tec family, which plays an important role in the B-cell receptor signaling pathway [1].
Ismail Tombul +5 more
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Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax as a Complication of Apixaban Treatment [PDF]
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2018 Introduction. Hemothorax is usually related to chest or iatrogenic trauma from procedures such as central lines and thoracentesis. Spontaneous hemothorax is defined as pleural fluid hematocrit greater than 50% of serum hematocrit in absence of natural or
M. Abu Hishmeh +4 more
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Spontaneous hemothorax in a 10‐year‐old boy with COVID‐19 [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Spontaneous hemothorax occurs in the absence of trauma or iatrogenic causes. Etiologies of spontaneous hemothorax in children include connective tissue disease, neoplasia and coagulopathy, which is associated with thromboembolic events.
Abir Boussetta +3 more
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Spontaneous hemothorax and implication of diagnostic evaluation: A case report [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2022 The most critical intervention for large hemothorax is draining the blood out of the pleural cavity by placing a thoracostomy tube but it can be disastrous if done without due consideration.
Sunil Kumar Garg, Anil Malik
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Rapid progressive spontaneous hemothorax caused by carcinoma of unknown primary: A very rare case [PDF]
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 We present a very rare case of spontaneous hemothorax which was caused by carcinoma of unknown primary. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other such cases reported worldwide.
Sachie Koike +3 more
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Pleural angiosarcoma presenting with spontaneous hemothorax. [PDF]
Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2023 Angiosarcomas (ASs) are very rare and constitute 1-2% of soft tissue malignancies. Primary pleural AS (PPAS) is a very rare neoplasm, with only 50 cases reported in the literatüre, and is a tumor with a high tendency for local recurrence and metastasis, with an aggressive course and a generally poor prognosis unless diagnosed early.
Yavuz H +4 more
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A Case of Spontaneous Hemothorax with a Ruptured Variceal Phrenic Vein [PDF]
Journal of Chest Surgery, 2022 Spontaneous hemothorax is rare, with limited data available on its etiology and treatment. We report a case of massive spontaneous hemothorax with a ruptured variceal phrenic vein during pregnancy, likely a complication of the Kasai procedure.
Juhyun Lee +5 more
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