BACKGROUND Although the American Association of the Surgery for Trauma Organ Injury Scale is the gold standard for staging renal trauma, it does not address characteristics of perirenal hematomas that may indicate significant hemorrhage. Angiographic embolization has become well established as an effective method for achieving hemostasis. We evaluated two novel radiographic indicators--perirena...

Background: Acute intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) heterogeneity on NCCT, characterized by qualitative and quantitative methods, is predictive of hematoma expansion and mortality however association with the spot sign is not well-described. We sought to validate and determine the association between qualitative and quantitative hematoma heterogeneity with expansion and the spot sign, respectively...

BACKGROUND Device implant pocket hematoma is a recognized complication after permanent pacemaker (PM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Pocket hematoma is associated with local discomfort, an increased risk of infection, and may require surgical intervention or lead to lengthier hospital stays. The purpose of the study was to identify the clinical factors associated...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Early hematoma growth is not uncommon in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and is an independent predictor of poor functional outcome. The purpose of our study was to report and validate the use of our newly identified computed tomographic (CT) blend sign in predicting early hematoma growth. METHODS Patients with intracerebral hemorrhage who underwent baseline CT s...

OBJECTIVE Frameless stereotactic aspiration of a hematoma can be the one of the treatment options for spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage in the basal ganglia. Postoperative hematoma enlargement, however, can be a serious complication of intracranial surgery that frequently results in severe neurological deficit and even death. Therefore, it is important to identify the risk factors of postope...

cosmetic procedure. A hematoma is a well known complication, usually during the first three postoperative days (1, 2). Late complications commonly include capsular contracture and rupture, but a hematoma is extremely rare. A breast hematoma can be caused by blunt trauma, such as a seat belt injury during a traffic accident, but it is also a rare presentation (3). We report a case of late hemato...

Although some intracerebral hematomas have been known to increase in size chronically and produce delayed neurological deficits, the mechanism of hematoma expansion is not well understood. The authors present a case of a head injured patient with coexistence of a chronic intracerebral hematoma and an ipsilateral chronic subdural hematoma that expanded chronically showing clinical deterioration,...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hematoma clearance occurs in the days after intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and has not been well studied. In the current study, we examined changes in the hematoma in a piglet ICH model. The effect of deferoxamine on hematoma was also examined. METHODS The ICH model was induced by an injection of autologous blood into the right frontal lobe of piglets. First, a natural ...

A 59-year-old male presented with a left organized subdural hematoma. The hematoma appeared as a homogeneous low density area on brain computed tomography and as hyperintense and isointense area on both fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Echo-planar diffusion-weighted MR imaging showed a crescent hyperintense area under the dura mater and an irr...

BACKGROUND Pocket hematoma is one of the most common complications following cardiac device implantation. This study examined the impact of this complication on in-hospital outcomes following Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) implantation. METHODS Data from Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2010 was queried to identify all primary implantations of ICDs and Cardiac Resynchronization...