hematoma
Sign in to saveA 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.
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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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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.