0 a thick mass of blood anywhere in the body resulting from an injury or blood disorder:
Bruises are haematomas.
If haemorrhage originates below the uterine cervix, a haematoma is usually present in the internal iliac cavity and in the preperitoneal space.
It is likely that the leak had occurred shortly after completion of the first operation, leading to the formation of the observed supraclavicular haematoma.
This was interpreted as signal from fresher, softer haematoma, since the previous study, c) and d) show the corresponding transaxial images.
These patients are at risk of developing a spinal/epidural haematoma and potential neurological complications.
The haematoma may be of moderate size and contained within it to enable conservative management.
However, they are associated with slightly higher risk of surgical site bleeding and wound haematomas.
Large symptomatic haematomas are usually evacuated, but smaller haematomas may be left and the patients monitored clinically.
This was thought to be a residual intraoperative haematoma.
