TY - JOUR ID - 15238 TI - Medial Collateral Ligament Knee Injury in a Patient Receiving Rivaroxaban: A Cause of Acute Hemarthrosis JO - Reviews in Clinical Medicine JA - RCM LA - en SN - 2345-6256 AU - Habibzadeh, Seyed Reza AU - Foroughian, Mahdi AU - Rayat Dost, Esmaeil AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical sciences, Mashhad, Iran. AD - Department of Emergency Medicine, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Jahrom, Iran. Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 6 IS - 4 SP - 175 EP - 177 KW - Anticoagulant KW - Hemarthrosis KW - Knee injury DO - 10.22038/rcm.2020.44030.1295 N2 - Medial collateral ligament (MCL) injury is highly common in athletes and the elderly. This ligament is in the knee region and is often at the risk of injury. Severe pain and motor limitation are the most important signs in the acute phase of the injury. In patients receiving anticoagulants, damage to the knee joint may lead to intra-articular bleeding, which exacerbates the symptoms and prolongs the recovery period. The present study aimed to describe the case of a 76-year-old woman with a sudden spin on the left knee while getting off a car. After a few minutes of walking, the patients felt pain, heard a pop-like sound on the injured knee, and was unable to walk, experiencing pain in the knee. The patient was transferred to the emergency department by the caregivers. The present case report was focused on the MCL injury in a patient receiving an anticoagulant due to atrial fibrillation. UR - https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_15238.html L1 - https://rcm.mums.ac.ir/article_15238_267743eb914408cb9348b2419f400399.pdf ER -