Close-up of bruising (haematoma or bleeding) in the skin in a 66 year old female patient, due to a clexane (heparin) injection. Heparin is an anti-coa

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Close-up of bruising (haematoma or bleeding) in the skin in a 66 year old female patient, due to a clexane (heparin) injection. Heparin is an anti-coagulant drug that prevents blood clotting. This skin bleeding occurred because the patient was already on other anti-coagulant drugs (aspirin and clopidogrel) for pulmonary embolism (clot in the lung).

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