Giant Rectus Sheath Hematomas of the Pelvis Complicating Anticoagulant Therapy
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 8 (6) , 1120-1123
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-198412000-00014
Abstract
Three cases were presented of giant rectus sheath hematomas in patients on anticoagulant therapy studied by ultrasound and CT [computed tomography]. The anatomy of the posterior rectus sheath is described to explain why blood tracks into the pelvis when the hematomas enlarge.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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