Computerized tomographic demonstration of a retroperitoneal hematoma causing femoral neuropathy. Report of two cases.
To the previously reported 28 cases of femoral neuropathy caused by a retroperitoneal hematoma in patients on anticoagulant drugs are added two cases in which the diagnosis was made by direct visualization of hematoma of the iliacus muscle by computerized tomography of the abdomen.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed