[Diagnostic image (338). An old woman with an abdominal swelling].
A 90-year-old woman who injected insulin in the abdominal wall and used a platelet inhibitor, had a massive abdominal tumour which turned out to be a rectus sheath haematoma.
Groen
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SP
Kennemer Gasthuis, locatie Zuid, afd. Klinische Geriatrie, Boerhaavelaan 22, 2035 RC Haarlem. spcgroen@kg.nl
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017568:Rectus Abdominis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007328:Insulin; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors