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Masoud Basheer Alshammari1, Zainab Ali Alhassar2, Abdulla Abduljaleel Alkhalifa3
1Urology Senior Registrar at King Fahad Hospital of University, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Spontaneous, non-traumatic bleeding into the subcapsular and perirenal space is a rare and potentially fatal condition known as Wunderlich syndrome (WS). It has a variety of causes including the usage of anticoagulation. Many anticoagulants including warfarin can interact with other medication and lead to potentially fatal complications, Herein, we report a case of a 47 year old female on warfarin who developed subcapsular renal hematoma and retroperitoneal hematoma after the completion of ciprofloxacin treatment course.
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