Retroperitoneal bleeding
Retroperitoneal bleeding refers to an accumulation of blood found in the retroperitoneal space.
| Retroperitoneal bleeding | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Retroperitoneal hematoma, retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
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| Transverse section, showing the relations of the capsule of the kidney. (Peritoneum is labeled at center right. Retroperitoneal space is behind peritoneum.) | |
| Specialty | General surgery |
It can present with Grey Turner's sign (flank bruising).
Causes include:
- anticoagulation[1]
- a ruptured aortic aneurysm
- a ruptured renal aneurysm[2]
- acute pancreatitis
- malignancy[3]
- iatrogenic (e.g. when cannulating the common femoral artery for cardiac catheterization)
References
- John P. McGahan; Barry B. Goldberg (January 2008). Diagnostic ultrasound. Informa Health Care. pp. 772–. ISBN 978-1-4200-6978-5. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- "A Cough Deteriorating Gross Hematuria: A Clinical Sign of a Forthcoming Life-Threatening Rupture of an Intraparenchymal Aneurysm of Renal Artery (Wunderlich's Syndrome)". Case Reports in Vascular Medicine. 2013: 1–3. doi:10.1155/2013/452317. PMC 3705747.
- Marilyn J. Siegel (1 November 2007). Pediatric Body CT. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 353–. ISBN 978-0-7817-7540-3. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
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