title: Abdominal compartment syndrome--a fatal complication from a rectus sheath haematoma.
abstract: Rectus sheath haematoma is increasingly being seen in patients with anticoagulation therapy. Abdominal compartment syndrome is a rare complication of rectus sheath haematoma with only two cases reported in literature. The authors report a case of a young male who developed abdominal compartment syndrome from a rectus sheath haematoma secondary to anticoagulation therapy. The case highlights the need for a surgical intervention in such exceptional cases.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Department, Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK. sjafferbhoy@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Sadaf F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Jafferbhoy
authors.forename: Quatullah
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Rustum
authors.forename: Muhammad Hanif
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Shiwani
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D059325:Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017568:Rectus Abdominis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed