Acute major gastrointestinal bleeding caused by hookworm infection in a patient on warfarin therapy: A case report

• Published in: Medicine (Baltimore) Vol. 97; no. 11; p. e9975
• Main Authors: Meng, Yu, Lu, FangGen, Shi, Lin, Cheng, MeiChu, Zhang, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved 01.03.2018; Wolters Kluwer Health
• Subjects: Albendazole - administration & dosage; Anthelmintics - administration & dosage; Anticoagulants - administration & dosage; Anticoagulants - adverse effects; Atrial Fibrillation - drug therapy; Capsule Endoscopy - methods; Clinical Case Report; Diagnosis, Differential; Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - diagnosis; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - etiology; Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - therapy; Hookworm Infections - complications; Hookworm Infections - diagnosis; Hookworm Infections - drug therapy; Hookworm Infections - physiopathology; Humans; Jejunum - diagnostic imaging; Jejunum - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Treatment Outcome; Warfarin - administration & dosage; Warfarin - adverse effects

The use of anticoagulants is a contributor to gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Most bleeding patients on anticoagulant therapy such as warfarin commonly have basic lesions existing in their GI mucosa. We report a case of major GI bleeding following the use of anticoagulants in a patient with hookworm...