TN A recent article from the Mayo Clinic, Babb, Spittell and Bartholomew'stated that only
eight patients have been reported in whom a hematoma developed in the rectus abdominis …

This case is reported because of its unusual character. Rupture of a blood vessel in the
abdominal wall occurred, causing symptoms suggestive of an intra-abdominal pathologic …

Hematoma of the rectus muscle is an acute or chronic collection of blood lying within the
muscle or between the muscle and its sheath. It may extend into the retropubic space of …

We have reported a case of hematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle resulting from
prophylactic subcutaneous heparin therapy. The resultant right lower quadrant pain …

A case of hematoma of the rectus abdominis muscle is reported, and a series of 100 cases
(including the case reported here) have been collected from the more recent literature and …

DEEP EPIGASTRIC artery hemorrhage, with and without rupture of the rectus abdominis
muscle, was known to the Greeks in the 5th Century BC and Hippocrates 1 made some of …

Rupture of the fibers of the rectus abdominis muscle, when not due to external violence,
occurs as the result of strong or unusual contraction, though in a few cases there is a record …

IRECOR. DED cases of s) ontaneous liaenmatomna ofthe iectus abd)(lom1inis m11uscle
aIIellot very. niiumerous, altliouigli it vould appear fromii reports of discussionss oni tile …

HEMATOMA OF THE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE 225 and only 3 of Torpin's 28 cases
were primigravidae. The average number of pregnancies was 5, and most cases occurred …

Hematoma within the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle is an uncommon but well
documented lesion, with more than 500 cases reported in the world literature [l--3]. This …