title: Rectus sheath haematoma in elderly patients: a diagnostic challenge.
abstract: METHODS
  We report three cases of rectus sheath haematoma in elderly women. This condition is commonly misdiagnosed at any age but is an even more elusive diagnosis in elderly patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to consider rectus sheath haematoma in older patients with an abdominal or pelvic mass or spontaneous abdominal ecchymoses.
authors.affiliation: Elderly Medicine, The Royal Oldham Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bene
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lassman
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017568:Rectus Abdominis