Chronic epigastric blood collection after coronary artery bypass grafting: case report.
A clinical case of epigastric pain 3 months after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is presented. The CT finding of an abdominal mass with thick wall, internal horizontal by-gravity level and linear contrast enhancement at the border between the two different components was correctly interpreted for a chronic hematoma with separation of the formed blood elements from blood serum; in particular, the linear contrast enhancement was related to an artery-feeding vessel.
Department Of Diagnostic Imaging, Istituto Policlinico San Donato, Via Morandi 30, 20097 San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Alberto
A
Aliprandi
Alfonso
A
Fausto
Eugenio
E
Mossuto
Lorenzo
L
Menicanti
Francesco
F
Sardanelli
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D002908:Chronic Disease; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000925:Anticoagulants