Delayed-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia complicated with saddle embolus

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jul 19;10(7):e6085. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6085. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Abstract

Delayed-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is a rare complication of heparin in which thrombocytopenia and thrombosis occur several days after heparin cessation. We describe a 47-year-old female patient with a history of melanoma and multiple surgeries presented to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and chest pain on the eighth day after discharge.

Keywords: heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia; platelet factor 4; saddle embolus; thrombosis.

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