Spontaneous and enormous, chronic expanding hematoma of the lumbar region: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Chronic expanding haematoma (CEH) is a very infrequent event with imprecise developmental mechanism and is rarely reported in literature.


METHODS
We present a case of enormous and spontaneous chronic haematoma of the back, expanded from the lower thoracic area to the sacral area, in a young patient without any history of trauma or chronic coagulopathy.


CONCLUSIONS
The MRI scan is very useful in preoperative diagnosis, however only the histopathological examination is able to perform the differential diagnosis with soft tissue tumors. Careful surgical treatment is important to minimize the haematoma recurrence.
Pasku
Dritan
D
Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110, Crete, Greece.
Bano
Artan
A
Lagoudaki
Eleni
E
Alpantaki
Kalliopi
K
Katonis
Pavlos
P