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hematoma
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A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries. A hematoma is benign and is initially in liquid form spread among the tissues including in sacs between tissues where it may coagulate and solidify before blood is reabsorbed into blood vessels. An ecchymosis is a hematoma of the skin larger than 10 mm.
A hematoma is a collection of blood that pools outside blood vessels, usually caused by injury, surgery, or disease, and can range from liquid to solidified form as it sits among the body's tissues. It matters because while hematomas are generally harmless and eventually reabsorb back into the bloodstream, they represent a localized bleeding that your body needs to manage and resolve.
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- Medical condition (new).name
- Hematoma
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- haematoma
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- Contusion (bruise), a simple form of hematoma
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- Emergency medicine
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Research
6,032,762 papers- Red Blood Cell Microparticles Limit Hematoma Growth in Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Stroke · 2022Rehni AK, Cho S, Quero HN et al.DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039641
- Lactoferrin and hematoma detoxification after intracerebral hemorrhage.ReviewBiochemistry and cell biology = Biochimie et biologie cellulaire · 2021Zhao X, Kruzel M, Aronowski JDOI: 10.1139/bcb-2020-0116
- Umbilical Cord Hematoma.Fetal and pediatric pathology · 2019Sánchez-Códez MI, Lubián-Gutiérrez M, Méndez-Abad PDOI: 10.1080/15513815.2019.1584656
- Potential Therapeutic Targets and Emerging Strategies to Promote Hematoma Resolution in Intracerebral Hemorrhage.ReviewRevista de neurologia · 2025Wan S, Ji X, Meng R et al.DOI: 10.31083/RN46121
- A diagnostic approach to mild bleeding disorders.ReviewJournal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH · 2016Boender J, Kruip MJ, Leebeek FWDOI: 10.1111/jth.13368
- Role of Complement Component 3 in Early Erythrolysis in the Hematoma After Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Stroke · 2021Wang M, Xia F, Wan S et al.DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034372
- Biomarkers of Thromboelastography Platelet Mapping Predict Hematoma Expansion After Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Stroke · 2025Copenhaver KM, Silva Pinheiro do Nascimiento J, Garg RK et al.DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.051447
- Hypothermia.ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2010Turk EEDOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9142-4
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A hematoma, also spelled haematoma, or blood suffusion is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries. A hematoma is benign and is initially in liquid form spread among the tissues including in sacs between tissues where it may coagulate and solidify before blood is reabsorbed into blood vessels. An ecchymosis is a hematoma of the skin larger than 10 mm.
They may occur among and or within many areas such as skin and other organs, connective tissues, bone, joints and muscle.