- Hematology/Vascular Surgery
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A Fatal Case of a Large Abdominal Wall Muscle Hematoma Secondary to Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin Injections
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Mi Yeon Kim, Hyeon Ju Kang, Min Sun Ryu, Seo Woo Kim, Yon Ju Ryu, Seok Jeong Lee, Jin Hwa Lee, Jung Hyun Chang, Ji Young Hwang
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Korean J Crit Care Med. 2014;29(2):126-130. Published online May 31, 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2014.29.2.126
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- The use of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) can lead to major life threatening complications, including hematomas.
Abdominal wall muscle hematomas are rarely fatal, and encompass a wide spectrum of severity depending on size, etiology, and associated complications; but because of their rarity may be misdiagnosed clinically. We report a fatal case of an 80-year-old female who received LMWH after an episode of pulmonary thromboembolism and was subsequently diagnosed with a large right abdominal wall hematoma complicated with hypovolemic shock and acute kidney injury.
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