0 a thick mass of blood anywhere in the body resulting from an injury or blood disorder: --
Bruises are haematomas.
This difference, as shown, can give useful diagnostic information when haematoma of different ages lie beside one another.
Post-mortem showed extensive mediastinal widening due to a massive haematoma.
The size of the haematoma decreased over the next week and recovery was uneventful.
In addition, women with vertical extensions were more likely to have surgical complications, including broad ligament haematoma, cervical and uterine artery lacerations and delayed delivery.
There may also be a worry about what the coroner might say if a pathologist reported an untreated haematoma.
Subdural haematoma is a rare but remediable cause, especially as very elderly patients are prone to this condition because of cerebral atrophy.
Reported complications include infection, pain, ischaemia, fever, haematoma, vascular perforation, uterine necrosis and sepsis.
This was thought to be a residual intraoperative haematoma.
