Intrapelvic chronic expanding hematoma: magnetic resonance imaging findings with pathological correlation.
Chronic expanding hematoma is rare and occasionally misdiagnosed as malignant neoplasm. We describe a case in the female pelvis and correlate findings from pathology and magnetic resonance imaging. On diffusion-weighted images (DWI), our patient's hematoma showed 2 different signal intensities, which corresponded to pathological features of fresh and altered blood components. DWI can distinguish between such pathological features of a chronic expanding hematoma.
Sakurai
Jun
J
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan. junjun33@d9.dion.ne.jp
Akaki
Shiro
S
Yonezawa
Masaru
M
Horiguchi
Ikuyo
I
Nakamura
Satoko
S
Kanazawa
Susumu
S
D000368:Aged; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002908:Chronic Disease; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010388:Pelvis / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*