title: Late diagnosis of a lateral abdominal wall hematoma presenting with nonspecific findings: report of a case.
abstract: We report a case with a late diagnosis of posttraumatic lateral abdominal wall hematoma. The patient was admitted with a giant hematoma presenting with pleural effusion, anemia and weight loss on postoperative 30th day after a blunt trauma. Computerized tomography analysis revealed a hematoma extending from axilla to the gluteus. Fine-needle aspiration revealed an exudative fluid and five liters of fluid collection was drained. Misdiagnosed lateral abdominal wall hematomas can be diagnosed with nonspecific findings as in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery Medicine Faculty of Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey. ilkgul@doctor.com
authors.forename: Ozer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ilkgül
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.forename: Yücel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozsoy
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yoleri
authors.forename: Yamaç
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Erhan
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aydede
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D000740:Anemia / Q000209:etiology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed