The gastrocnemius muscle hematoma arising from warfarin use: the importance of genotype analysis in hematomas of atypical localization

Zuhal Arıtürk Atılgan,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.183

Zuhal Arıtürk Atılgan¹, Ebru Öntürk Tekbaş¹, Serhat Atılgan², Selma Yazıcı³, Celal Yavuz⁴

¹Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
²Dicle Üniversitesi Diş Hekimliği Fakültesi, Ağız Diş ve Çene Cerrahisi, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
³Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye
⁴Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, Türkiye

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.183

Warfarin is an effective anticoagulant which is used for the prevention of arterial and venous thrombosis. Currently, this type of oral anticoagulant drugs are often used with various indications and rarely leads life-threatening bleeding. Although bleeding into the gastrocnemius muscle, is usually associated with trauma, it may very rarely result from warfarin overdose. In this article, we report a-41-year-old female case with hematoma in the gastrocnemius muscle due to low doses (i.e. 1.25 mg) of warfarin every other day.

Keywords : Coagulation; gene polymorphism; warfarin

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