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Table 3 Demographics, presentation, the type of anticoagulant drugs and the presence of Addison disease in current cases and literature reviews of AH due to DOACs usage. NM = not mentioned, APLS = antiphospholipid syndrome, IJVT=internal jugular vein thrombosis, AH = adrenal hemorrhage, AI = adrenal insufficiency

From: Adrenal hemorrhage following direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) therapy: two case reports and literature review

No

Author,

[reference]

Age/Gender

Presentation

Anticoagulant drugs

Anticoagulant drugs dosage

Reason to get Anticoagulant prophylaxis

Laterality of AH

Presence of Addison Disease as a medical background

AI secondary to the AH

1

W. Comuth(2017) [36]

63/Female

Abdominal pain

Rivaroxaban

(Xarelto)

20 mg daily

APLS

Bilateral

-

 + 

2

Z. Sanford(2019) [22]

42/Male

Acute onset severe right flank pain

Apixaban

(Eliquis)

NM

APLS

Unilateral

-

-

3

B. A. Ly(2019) [37]

61/Male

Nausea and vomiting

Rivaroxaban

10 mg daily

Knee Surgery

Unilateral

-

-

4

M. Alidoost(2019) [10]

68/Female

Severe acute onset

abdominal pain

Rivaroxaban

10 mg daily

Knee Surgery

Bilateral

-

 + 

5

M. A. Arosemena(2020) [35]

46 / Male

Syncopal episode

Rivaroxaban

NM

APLS

Bilateral

-

 + 

6

Current Case(2022)

35/Female

Nausea and vomiting and buccal hyperpigmentation

Apixaban

2.5 mg twice a day

IJVT

Unilateral

 + 

 + 

7

Current Case(2022)

89/Female

Fatigue and loss of appetite

Rivaroxaban

10 mg daily

Femur Surgery

Bilateral

-

 +