PMID- 21877880 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120109 LR - 20110831 IS - 1748-295X (Electronic) IS - 1748-2941 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Sep TI - An unusual case of massive subcutaneous chest wall haemorrhage with enoxaparin. PG - 199-201 LID - 10.3109/17482941.2011.606474 [doi] AB - Enoxaparin is used in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes and offers improved outcome in the composite endpoint of death, myocardial infarction and major bleeding when compared with unfractionated heparin (UFH). Our report describes a rare case of massive life-threatening subcutaneous chest wall haemorrhage, distant to the injection site. Clinicians should be aware of atypical presentations of haemorrhage when using combination antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy. FAU - Rahman, Mohammed Shamim AU - Rahman MS FAU - Soo, Lin AU - Soo L FAU - Qasim, Asif AU - Qasim A LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Letter PL - England TA - Acute Card Care JT - Acute cardiac care JID - 101276603 RN - 0 (Anticoagulants) RN - 0 (Enoxaparin) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Anticoagulants/administration & dosage/*adverse effects MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Enoxaparin/administration & dosage/*adverse effects MH - Hemorrhage/chemically induced/*diagnosis MH - Humans MH - Injections, Subcutaneous MH - Male MH - Myocardial Infarction/*drug therapy MH - Thoracic Wall EDAT- 2011/09/01 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/10 06:00 CRDT- 2011/09/01 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/17482941.2011.606474 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acute Card Care. 2011 Sep;13(3):199-201. doi: 10.3109/17482941.2011.606474.