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Anticoagulant therapy induced haematoma presenting as acute dysphagia

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Oropharyngeal haematoma secondary to bleeding from anticoagulant therapy is uncommon and difficult to manage. We report a case of Oropharyngeal haematoma secondary to anticoagulant Acitrom (Nicoumalone) which was treated successfully with Inj Vit K.

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  1. ENT Command Hospital (Air Force), Bangalore, 560 007, India

    Angshuman Dutta, S. K. Awasthi & Vishal Singh

  2. Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Bangalore, India

    S. K. Awasthi

  3. Medicine 7 Air Force Hospital, Kanpur, India

    Vishal Singh

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Dutta, A., Awasthi, S.K. & Singh, V. Anticoagulant therapy induced haematoma presenting as acute dysphagia. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck S 59, 258–260 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-007-0074-6

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