Concomitant Ulnar and Median Nerve Entrapment Due to Spontaneous Hematomas at Humerus Mid-Shaft Under Warfarin Treatment: Case Report

摘要

Warfarin is an effective therapy for both the treatment and the prevention of thromboembolic events, but bleeding is a relatively common complication of this treatment, and sometimes it leads to serious complications. Compressive neuropathies from hematomas were first described in the mid-1960s as treatment with anticoagulation drugs became more widely utilized. Literature shows that this complication effects more frequently lower nerves. In this study, we are reporting a 74 year-old man using warfarin treatment with two hematomas at right humerus mid-shaft which occurred spontaneously and led to ulnar and median nerve injury concomitantly. Patient was treated only conservatively. Hematomas resorbed completely at the following radiological images, and we observed clinically acceptable healing.How to cite this article:S. YAYCIO?LU, H. AK: Concomitant Ulnar and Median Nerve Entrapment Due to Spontaneous Hematomas at Humerus Mid-Shaft Under Warfarin Treatment: Case Report. J Neurol Sci [Turk] 2010;27:239-243How to cite this URL & PDF:S. YAYCIO?LU, H. AK: Concomitant Ulnar and Median Nerve Entrapment Due to Spontaneous Hematomas at Humerus Mid-Shaft Under Warfarin Treatment: Case Report. J Neurol Sci [Turk] 2010 [cited 2010 June 21];27:239-243. Available from: http://jns.dergisi.org/text.php3?id=363 PDF: http://jns.dergisi.org/pdf/pdf_JNS_363.pdfE-mail of the corresponding author: nrsdrhakanak@yahoo.com