Spontaneous pelvic hematoma simulating neoplasm: case report and literature review

Oncol Rep. 1999 Jan-Feb;6(1):189-91.

Abstract

Spontaneous hematomas are rare and can present with acute or chronic symptoms. Our patient presented with deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremity associated with a spontaneous pelvic hematoma. This lesion was radiologically and clinically indistinguishable from a soft-tissue neoplasm. The case of a spontaneous pelvic neoplasm in an otherwise healthy young man is presented and the literature reviewed regarding issues of differential diagnosis and clinical management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Hematoma / complications
  • Hematoma / diagnosis*
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / pathology
  • Hematoma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Retroperitoneal Space
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Thrombophlebitis / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed