1Dept of Forensic Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pududcherry-607402
2Dept of Forensic Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital, Puducherry
*Author for correspondence: Email: dr.senti@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 4 April, 2015.
Oral anticoagulants are commonly prescribed in heart disease, geriatric patients and cases predisposed to thrombotic phenomenon. There is always a danger of haemorrhagic complications of these drugs, either spontaneous or associated with trauma. This article is of a patient on anticoagulant therapy with minor trauma to the head resulting from a road traffic accident with severe intracranial haemorrhage resulting in death.
Oral anticoagulant, Intracranial haemorrhage, Head injury, Road traffic accident
