While surgery is not always necessary, timely treatment is critical ... internal bleeding and a possible hematoma, or collection of blood under the spleen’s surface. An ultrasound may also ...

Many health conditions can cause an enlarged spleen (splenomegaly). Your doctor will need to do examinations to figure out the cause and treatment. An enlarged spleen can be caused by infections ...

A hematoma is similar to a bruise, but the damage that causes it occurs in larger blood vessels. It can lead to swelling, discoloration, and warmth and may require medical treatment. While many ...

Abdominal tenderness is the most common sign of an injury inside the abdomen but is not specific to spleen injury. There are two main types of treatment for a ruptured spleen: Surgical ...

We’ll also review possible causes, how doctors check for a ruptured spleen, and some treatment options. Children tend to have more pliable ribs. That means they won’t always experience a rib ...

AFTER splenic trauma a hematoma may reabsorb if it is small and may also undergo liquefaction, with subsequent cyst formation. 1 In a certain number of cases it may slowly enlarge and subsequently ...

In this multicenter, open-label, controlled, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned symptomatic patients with chronic subdural hematoma in a 1:1 ratio to a 19-day tapering course of ...