title: Spontaneous pelvic hematoma simulating neoplasm: case report and literature review.
abstract: Spontaneous hematomas are rare and can present with acute or chronic symptoms. Our patient presented with deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity associated with a spontaneous pelvic hematoma. This lesion was radiologically and clinically indistinguishable from a soft-tissue neoplasm. The case of a spontaneous pelvic neoplasm in an otherwise healthy young man is presented and the literature reviewed regarding issues of differential diagnosis and clinical management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chia
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Torosian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed