title: Iliopsoas haematoma in an adolescent Taekwondo player.
abstract: A 16-year-old male Taekwondo player was admitted with a 1-day history of right groin pain and a palpable mass in the right lower abdominal quadrant following a Taekwondo training session. No history of direct trauma was given, but the pain followed a high inward-to-outward kick. The patient was not on any medication, and tumour and infection were excluded. A high-resolution real-time ultrasound scan identified a well-defined, hyperechoic, heterogeneous mass in the substance of the right iliopsoas muscle, compatible with a collection of partially clotted blood, confirming the clinical diagnosis of iliopsoas haematoma. After conservative treatment the patient resumed training and is now fully asymptomatic.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Foresterhill, UK.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Maffulli
authors: W S
authors: WS
authors: So
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authors: Ahuja
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Chan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016139:Martial Arts / Q000293:injuries*; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014463:Ultrasonography