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Painful shoulder in a patient receiving anticoagulation therapy with rivaroxaban
Juan Alcántara Fructuoso1, Lorena Bernal José2, Carmelo Tornero Ramos3
1Servicio de Neumología, Hospital General Universitario José María Morales Meseguer, Murcia, España.
Abstract:
We report the case of an 83-year-old man on rivaroxaban treatment, with pain in right shoulder, back of the upper arm, forearm and wrist, and inability to extend the wrist and fingers, as the result of an injury. The radiographs were normal, but thoracic CT showed an axillary artery pseudoaneurysm and a secondary hematoma that compressed the brachial plexus. This should be borne in mind in patients with painful shoulder, treated with anticoagulant therapy and without associated radiographic changes.
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