title: [The sonographic diagnosis of a spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma].
abstract: In 4 patients between 52 and 66 years of age with acute abdominal pain, rectus sheath haematoma in the right and left lower quadrant was diagnosed. In one case it was a condition after exertion, in another case after coughing, in the third case in thrombocytopenia and in the last case as a consequence of a contusion. Sonomorphology revealed a spindle-shaped or round hypoechoic mass localised in the rectus sheath. Two of the patients were operated on, and two were treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Röntgenabteilung des Hospitals zum heiligen Geist, Frankfurt/Main.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hegenbarth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reiser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leib
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D000368:Aged; D003371:Cough / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Sonographische Diagnose spontaner Rektusscheidenhämatome.