[Hematoma of the abdominal large right muscles: diagnosis and treatment].
Rectus sheath hematoma is an uncommon event, and exception post-trauma hematoma, affects predisposed patients. The typical clinical case combine abdominal pain, a palpable mass, and parietal eccymosis appearing when a patient under anticoagulant therapy coughs. Diagnosis is confirmed by abdominal ultrasonography or CT scan. Surgical treatment is indicated only in complicated forms.
Manaouil
D
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Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, CHU Nord, F 80054 Amiens. manaouil@wanadoo.fr
Loriau
J
J
Verhaeghe
P
P
D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017568:Rectus Abdominis