Large spontaneous perirenal haematoma following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Varinder Attri1, Kalpesh Mahesh Parmar2, Tarun Prateek1

  • 1Urology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

BMJ Case Reports
|November 17, 2019
PubMed

Perirenal haematoma is a rare and life-threatening condition in view of severe and ongoing blood loss. Most common causes are renal cancer, angiomyolipoma and vasculitis. Spontaneous causes of this rare entity may occur with use of anticoagulants and antiplatelets. We report a 61-year-old male patient diagnosed with large perirenal haematoma following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for myocardial infarction under heparin cover that was managed conservatively.

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