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Spontaneous gastrocnemius muscle haematoma formation in a patient with alcoholic liver disease


Ndawapeka Tulonga Nhinda
Innocent Lule Segamwenge
Twitileni Nampweya
Chrizelda Engels

Abstract

Advanced liver disease is associated with several haemostatic alterations which can lead to either thrombosis or bleeding complications. Spontaneous muscle haematomas although a rare complication of liver cirrhosis is increasingly being described in the literature and hyperfibrinolysis is an emerging plausible pathophysiological mechanism. We describe a patient who presented with a life threatening spontaneous haematoma in his gastrocnemius muscle that required treatment with antifibrinolytic therapy to control further bleeding.


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