Sudden onset of abdominal mass
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Andrea Soria; Emma Espinar; David Parés; Jaime Jimeno Fraile
- Source
- Cirugia espanola. 92(7)
- Subject
- Male
Hematoma
Ischemic cardiomyopathy
Time Factors
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Engineering
Rectus Abdominis
Physical examination
Emergency department
Hematocrit
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Hypochondrium
Abdominal mass
medicine.anatomical_structure
Muscular Diseases
Anesthesia
medicine
Abdomen
Humans
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Language
- ISSN
- 1578-147X
The patient was a 58-year-old man with a tobacco habit of 20 cigarettes/day, ischemic cardiomyopathy and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He came to the Emergency Department due to the sudden appearance of a mass in the right abdomen after a fit of coughing. He was admitted with BP 125/75 mmHg and 102 bpm, and we observed a large mass in the right flank and hypochondrium during physical examination. The lab work showed hemoglobin 13.3 mg/dL and hematocrit 37.29%. A simple abdominal radiograph showed no alterations. Meanwhile, computed tomography of the abdomen with intravenous contrast revealed a large hematoma of the right rectus abdominis muscle sheath measuring 20 cm 14cm 70 cm with signs of active bleeding (Figs. 1 and 2). c i r e s p . 2 0 1 4 ; 9 2 ( 7 ) : e 3 9