OBJECTIVE To summarize our experience with the surgical treatment of traumatic multiple intracranial hematomas (TMIHs) and discuss the surgical indications. METHODS We analyzed the clinical data of 118 patients with TMIHs who were treated at the West China Hospital in Sichuan University, Chengdu, China between October 2008 and October 2011, including age, gender, cause of injury, diagnosis, t...

Methods We report the case of 8 year old boy who was referred to our hospital with 11 days history of high fever (39.5°C), fatigue, anorexia and weight loss. Two days prior to admission he began to complain of pain in the calves muscles, developed petechial skin rash and hematomas, gross haematuria and gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. At admission was febrile, in very poor condition, hyperventil...

Twenty nine cases of intra abdominal injuries who became stable after initial shock were selected for ultrasound examination. Ultrasound detected intra-abdominal hematomas in 19/29 (65.51%). These cases were managed conservatively. The different types of hematomas encountered were renal, hepatic, splenic, retroperitoneal and parietal.

Interhemispheric subdural hematomas are uncommon lesions. This case report describes a 77-year-old woman using anticoagulants who suddenly developed headache and ataxia of both legs. Computed tomography of the brain revealed an interhemispheric subdural hematoma, which was treated conservatively. Interhemispheric subdural hematomas should be considered in patients, especially in those using ant...

We report two patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) who had large subcapsular hepatic hematomas that developed while on imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) therapy. We describe the pertinent radiologic features of the subcapsular hematomas in these patients, and discuss possible etiologies for the bleeding in each patient.

INTRODUCTION Facial and neck hematomas are a significant complication of surgical procedures and direct trauma. Effective treatment of these hematomas is crucial for the prevention of cosmetic deformity, functional disturbance, infection, and tissue necrosis. Current treatment options include aspiration, incision and drainage, steroid injection, and drainage tube placement. However, these metho...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It has been speculated that the same type of hypertensive small-artery disease can cause either intracerebral hemorrhages or ischemic lesions, depending on the circumstances. METHODS To test this hypothesis, we examined the association between spontaneous intracerebral hematomas and both small chronic hemorrhages and ischemic lesions using echo planar and T2-weighted MR...