An Unusual Consolidation: Lobar Pulmonary Hemorrhage Due to Antithrombotic Therapy

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Katrina D'AmoreStacey Barnes

Abstract

Alveolar hemorrhage is a rare yet devastating clinical entity if not identified and treated aggressively. Exceedingly rare are the cases of anticoagulant-induced alveolar hemorrhage with very few cases described in the current literature. The nonspecific presentation of an alveolar hemorrhage makes its diagnosis and appropriate treatment difficult in the emergency department. We report a case of a patient on warfarin for atrial fibrillation who was initially misdiagnosed as having community-acquired pneumonia, but subsequently was identified to have a fatal alveolar hemorrhage.

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Nov 2, 2019·Lung India : Official Organ of Indian Chest Society·Shekhar KunalSohan Kumar Sharma

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bronchoalveolar lavage

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