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Spontaneous supraglottic haemorrhage in a patient receiving warfarin sodium treatment
H S Uppal1, C A Ayshford, M A Syed
1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK. huppal@lineone.net
Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ
|September 18, 2001
Abstract:
A case of spontaneous, isolated supraglottic haemorrhage in a patient recently started with warfarin sodium treatment is described. The symptoms of sore throat, dysphonia, stridor, dysphagia or a neck swelling in a patient taking anticoagulants should alert the clinician to the possibility of this rare but potentially fatal complication.