TY - JOUR T1 - Heparin-induced tumour bleed JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2012-007814 VL - 2012 SP - bcr2012007814 AU - Venkatesh S Madhugiri AU - Anita Mahadevan AU - Sudheer Kumar Gundamaneni AU - Manish Singh Y1 - 2012/12/13 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2012/bcr-2012-007814.abstract N2 - Patients with gliomas are at risk for deep vein thrombosis and thromboembolic events, and pharmacological prophylaxis may be indicated. This recommendation needs to be weighed against the risk of spontaneous haemorrhage from certain brain tumours. A patient, who was hemiparetic owing to a high-grade glioma and was started on heparin prophylaxis, developed a tumour bleed. The relevant issues are briefly discussed. ER -