title: Spontaneous muscle haematomas: management of 10 cases.
abstract: This is a retrospective study about the treatment of spontaneous muscle haematomas (SMH) that are an uncommon disease that occurs especially in elderly patients with acquired coagulopathy. We report the management of 10 cases admitted to our Emergency Surgical Unit (ESU) between March 2011 and October 2012. For this analysis we have considered some parameters such as age, drug history, current symptoms, location of the haematoma, cause, and imaging examination. Our attention focused on: clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, diagnostic imaging techniques and treatments.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Palatucci
authors.affiliation: Operating Unit of Emergency Surgery, "S. Maria della Pietà" Hospital of Nola, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, "S. Maria delle Grazie" Hospital of Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giglio
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Federico II University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Emergency Surgery, University of Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lombardi
keywords: anticoagulant therapy; gluteal muscle; muscle haematoma; rectus sheath