Abdominal pain and cardiac arrest. An unusual presentation of rectus hematoma.
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spontaneous hematoma, anterior rectus muscle hematoma.Abstract
Spontaneous hematoma of the rectus abdominis sheath is a cause of infrequent abdominal pain. Most common form of presentation is abdominal pain of sudden onset, followed by the finding of an abdominal mass. In the case of large bruises these can cause symptoms and signs derived from hypovolemia. Anticoagulant therapy is considered the most frequent risk factor, especially if the patients are elderly women whose onset of symptoms appeared after a coughing attack. We present a case of a spontaneous straight hematoma sheath presenting as a sudden cardiac arrest that ultimately caused the death of the patient.
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