MALIGNANCY MIMICKING INTRA-ABDOMINAL BLEEDING IN A MULTITRAUMA CASE: DO OUR PREJUDICES AFFECT OUR DIAGNOSES?

Year 2023, Volume: 2 Issue: S1 - SYMPOSIUM OF TURKISH RESUSCITATION COUNCIL 2023 ORAL PRESENTATIONS, 21 - 22, 12.10.2023

Ayşe Güsün Halitoğlu , Levent Özdemir , Aslınur Sagün , Handan Birbiçer

Abstract

The development of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) is common in both trauma and cancer patients(1). We aimed to present the differential diagnosis regarding the appearance of a mass in the intra-abdominal area, which was evaluated in favor of hematoma in the evaluation after multitrauma.

Keywords

pulmonary embolism, multitrauma, malignant tumor, hematoma

MULTİTRAVMA OLGUSUNDA İNTRAABDOMİNAL KANAMAYI TAKLİT EDEN MALİGNİTE: ÖNYARGILARIMIZ TEŞHİSLERİMİZE ETKİ EDER Mİ?

Abstract

Hem travma hem de kanser hastalarında pulmoner tromboemboli (PTE) gelişimi sıktır(1). Bu olgumuzda, multitravma sonrası değerlendirilmesinde intraabdominal alanda hematom lehine değerlendirilen kitle görüntüsü ile ilgili ayırıcı tanıyı sunmayı amaçladık.

Keywords

pulmoner emboli, multitravma, malign tümör, hematom

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