Spontaneous breast hematoma as a complication of anticoagulation therapy requiring angiography and embolization.

Robert Dunlap, Carson Kisner, Christos S Georgiades, Andrew Demmert, Gray R Lyons

Clinical imaging 2021 Jan

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Spontaneous breast hematoma is a rare complication of therapeutic anticoagulation therapy with few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of spontaneous breast hematoma resulting in hypotension and symptomatic anemia. Angiography demonstrated multiple sites of hemorrhage within the breast, which was treated with gelatin sponge embolization. This case highlights the role of interventional radiology in the treatment of breast hematoma, as well as reviews the arterial vascular anatomy of the breast. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Robert Dunlap, Carson Kisner, Christos S Georgiades, Andrew Demmert, Gray R Lyons. Spontaneous breast hematoma as a complication of anticoagulation therapy requiring angiography and embolization. Clinical imaging. 2021 Jan;69:169-171