A Rare Case of Spontaneous Cardiac Tamponade Induced by Concomitant Use of Rivaroxaban and Amiodarone by Oreoluwa Oladiran, Jared Segal, Ifeanyi Nwosu, Salik Nazir

“…Both rivaroxaban and amiodarone are substrates for the CYP3A4 hepatic pathway, and concomitant use can result in increased plasma rivaroxaban levels causing an increased propensity to bleeding. While most physicians are cognizant of the need for renal dosing of rivaroxaban, this article aims to increase awareness of its interactions with drugs that are also metabolized through the same hepatic CYP450 pathway.…”
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Impending Carotid Blowout Stabilization Using an LT-D Tube by G. Desuter, A. Gregoire, Q. Gardiner, P. M. Francois

“…Adequate stabilization of a patient presenting with a carotid blowout is one of the most challenging issues an on-call ENT surgeon can be confronted with. Reducing the bleeding and securing the airway are essential before more definitive management. …”
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Evaluation of Therapeutic Benefits of a Novel Herbal Ingredient-Based Hyaluronic Acid Gel as Monotherapy for Inflammatory Enlargement of a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus by Jaahnavi Lanka, Santhosh Kumar

“…He complained of gum enlargement and frequent bleeding during brushing. The patient was not under any medication for his diabetes control. …”
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Coexisting Malignant Melanoma and Blue Nevus of the Uterine Cervix: An Unusual Combination by David Parada, Karla B. Peña, Frances Riu

“…We report the case of a 76-year-old postmenopausal woman abnormal vaginal bleeding. She underwent a hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with paraaortic-iliac lymphadenectomy. …”
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Two Cases of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 2 Presenting with Severe Coagulopathy without Jaundice by Eric Tibesar, Christine Karwowski, Paula Hertel, Ann Scheimann, Wikrom Karnsakul

“…We present two patients diagnosed with PFIC type 2 due to severe coagulopathy and bleeding without jaundice.…”
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Palliative Surgery for Rare Cases of Anterior Urethral Metastasis in Prostate Cancer by Enrique Gómez Gómez, Jose Carlos Carrasco Aznar, Maria del Mar Moreno Rodríguez, José Valero Rosa, Maria José Requena Tapia

“…We describe a patient with prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy and androgen deprivation therapy who presented with urethral bleeding as a symptom of anterior urethral metastasis during followup. …”
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Isolation of Streptococcus bovis in a Patient with Undiagnosed Colon Cancer. A Case Report by Ledys Pérez Morales, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo, Odette Quiñones Cherta

“…Hence, it was decided to present the case of a 57-year-old patient from an urban area with a 6-year history of diabetes mellitus type I and alcoholism, who was admitted to the hospital in Cienfuegos because of significant gastrointestinal bleeding and fever (39-40 o C). Streptococcus bovis was isolated from the blood culture. …”
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A rare case of chronic complete uterine inversion in a postmenopausal woman: a case report and literature review by Jie Hu, Weili Yang, Fang Zhang, Chunhong Yan

“…We report a case of a postmenopausal woman who presented with irregular vaginal bleeding and dysuria for 2 months. Preoperative enhanced pelvic magnetic resonance imaging suggested a benign tumor combined with uterine inversion, which was subsequently confirmed during surgery. …”
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Incidentally detected asymptomatic splenic artery aneurysm by Ihsan Alur, Gokhan Yigit Tanrisever, Bilgin Emrecan

“…The most common symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea and intra-abdominal bleeding due to aneurysm rupture, hypotension and hemorrhagic shock. …”
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A Delayed Presentation of Perforated Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel Resulting in a Large Interloop Faecaloma by Muhammed A. Zishan, Kasra Raufian

“…This often results in patients presenting with tumour-associated complications such as perforation, obstruction, or gastrointestinal bleeding which warrant urgent surgical intervention. …”
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Removal of a Horizontally Displaced Dental Implant below the Mandibular Canal by Khodor Ahmed Fakih, Maria Stiliyanova Edreva, Biser Borisov Stoichkov

“…To avoid similar incidents, detailed radiographic assessment before implantation is necessary; it is also important to follow the surgical protocols of implant placement into soft bone and to create conditions for a good visibility and sufficient control of bleeding during surgery.…”
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Clinical Effectiveness of Viddha Karma in PCOS: A Case Report by Bhagyashree Jibkate, Akshay S. Pargaonkar, Mayuri Deshpande

“…The patient’s menstrual cycle become regular, the volume of bleeding increased to a normal level, and she experienced a weight reduction of 5 kg. …”
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Endometriosis Nodule Causing Spontaneous Haemoperitoneum in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Junaid Rafi, Geetha Mahindrakar, Debjani Mukhopadhyay

“…There was no evidence of bleeding and the cervical os was closed on speculum examination. …”
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Anti-HPA-1b Mediated Posttransfusion Purpura: A Case Report by O. P. Arewa, S. Nahirniak, G. Clarke

“…Posttransfusion purpura (PTP) is an uncommon, but potentially fatal, transfusion reaction characterized by profound thrombocytopenia and bleeding. PTP is caused by alloimmunization to human platelet specific antigens following blood component transfusion. …”
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Acquired Hemophilia A (FVIII Deficiency) Associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment with Recombinant Porcine FVIII by S. Nguyen, P. Teh, J. Zhou, E. Y. Chang, A. von Drygalski

“…It has a high mortality due to bleeding complications. FVIIa-based bypassing agents are the first line of treatment but not always effective. …”
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Pulmonary Hemorrhage following Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair by Mirna B. Ayache, Myttle A. Mayuga, Chantal ElAmm, Guilherme Attizzani, Jordan Kazakov

“…The patients did well with supportive care and reinitiation of anticlotting agents was well tolerated after resolution of bleeding.…”
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Comparison between minimally invasive percutaneous pedicle screw fixation versus open pedicle screw fixation for geriatric osteoporotic spine fracture in a rural hospital by Sajag Gupta

“…Results: The experimental set surgical time, surgical bleeding, incision size, days of hospital stay, and incidence of postoperative complications were smaller than those in the control set (all P <0.05). …”
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Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Stroke Prevention in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Sebastiaan Velthuis, Martin J. Swaans, Johannes J. Mager, Benno J. W. M. Rensing, Lucas V. A. Boersma, Martijn C. Post

“…Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder, characterized by vascular abnormalities with high-bleeding tendency and therefore intolerance for oral anticoagulation. …”
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Nonfamilial Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome with Exon 5 Novel Mutation in SMAD 4 Gene by Amna Ahmed, Badr Alsaleem

“…An 8-year-old boy presented with recurrent rectal bleeding and was found to have multiple polyps in the entire colon. …”
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An Unusual Presentation of a Posterior Mediastinal Schwannoma Associated with Traumatic Hemothorax by Ruchi Amin, Brett H. Waibel

“…The intraoperative etiology of bleeding was discovered to be traumatic fracture of a large hypervascular posterior mediastinal schwannoma. …”
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