Hematoma of the abdominal large right muscles: diagnosis and treatment
Manaouil, D.; Loriau, J.; Verhaeghe, P.
Journal de Chirurgie 138(5): 297-301
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-7697 PMID: 11894697 Document Number: 533161
Rectus sheath hematoma is an uncommon event, and exception post-trauma hematoma, affects predisposed patients. The typical clinical case combine abdominal pain, a palpable mass, and parietal eccymosis appearing when a patient under anticoagulant therapy coughs. Diagnosis is confirmed by abdominal ultrasonography or CT scan. Surgical treatment is indicated only in complicated forms.