Open AccessHEPARIN INDUCED SUBLINGUAL HEMATOMA: A RARE ORAL COMPLICATION
Author(s) -
Srikanth Gadicherla,
Abhay Taranath Kamath,
Yogesh Chhaparwal,
Vasantha Dhara,
Anupam Singh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
asian journal of pharmaceutical and clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-3891
pISSN - 0974-2441
DOI - 10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i10.20138
Subject(s) - medicine , hematoma , complication , heparin , surgery , percutaneous , anesthesia , airway obstruction , airway
lingual and sublingual hematoma is a rare complication following heparin therapy which may result in serious life-threatening airway obstruction. A 75-year-old female with ischemic heart disease was heparinized for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the left anterior descending artery leading to sublingual hematoma with difficulty in swallowing and breathing. This paper presents a case report and management of sublingual hematoma following heparin therapy.