A surgical case of anti-coagulant ileus mimicking small-bowel tumors: a case report.
Hideyuki MasuiHiroyuki KobayashiYusuke SakamotoShintaro YagiSatoshi KaiharaPublished in: Surgical case reports (2024)
We encountered a surgical case of anti-coagulant ileus, which was difficult to differentiate from malignant lymphoma based on CT findings and high sIL-2R levels. The possibility of anti-coagulant ileus should always be considered in patients on long-term anticoagulation medication and bowel obstruction with high PT-INR values.
Keyphrases
- small bowel
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- atrial fibrillation
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- venous thromboembolism
- magnetic resonance imaging
- image quality
- positron emission tomography
- adverse drug
- patient reported outcomes
- patient reported