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What is hematoma?
A bruise is a common skin injury that results in a discoloration of the skin. Blood from damaged blood vessels deep beneath the skin collects near the surface of the skin resulting in what we think of as a black and blue mark.
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Subdural Hematoma Surgery: eMedicine Neurosurgery
Jul 31, 2009 ... Overview: A subdural hematoma (SDH) is a common neurosurgical disorder that often requires surgical intervention. Read more on
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hematoma - definition of hematoma in the Medical dictionary - by ...
hematoma /he·ma·to·ma/ (he″mah-to´mah) a localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue. ... Read more on
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Word! Hematoma
Hematoma is just a fancy name for bruise, or black and blue mark. Read more on
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Hematoma - What is a Hematoma - Causes and Treatment for a Hematoma
Jun 5, 2009 ... A hematoma, or bruise, refers to a black and blue area on the skin that often occurs after a trauma to the soft tissue. Read more on
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Hematoma (Blood Build-Up)
Jul 30, 2008 ... Like a bruise, a hematoma is a mark on your skin because blood is trapped under the surface. A hematoma usually refers to the mark created ... Read more on
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Contusions
A bruise is a mark on your skin caused by blood trapped under the surface. It happens when an injury crushes small blood vessels but does not break the skin. Those vessels break open and leak blood under the skin. Bruises are often painful and swollen. You can get skin, muscle and bone bruises. Bone bruises are the most serious.
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Bruise
A bruise is an area of skin discoloration. A bruise occurs when small blood vessels break and leak their contents into the soft tissue beneath the skin.
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Contusion
A contusion (kun-to-shun) is a bump that happens under the skin after an injury. This bump is caused when fluid collects under the skin. A hematoma is also a bump that happens under the skin after an injury. But this bump is caused by blood that collects under the skin. Each can be called a bruise (brews). A bruise may take 2 or 3 weeks to go away.
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Intracranial hematoma
An intracranial hematoma occurs when a blood vessel ruptures within your brain or between your skull and your brain. The collection of blood (hematoma) compresses your brain tissue.
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Subdural hematoma
A subdural hematoma is a collection of blood on the surface of the brain.
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Chronic subdural hematoma
A chronic subdural hematoma is an "old" collection of blood and blood breakdown products between the surface of the brain and its outermost covering (the dura). The chronic phase of a subdural hematoma begins several weeks after the first bleeding.
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Subungual Hematoma
A subungual hematoma is a collection of blood in the space between the nailbed and fingernail. Subungual hematoma results from a direct injury to the fingernail. The pressure generated by this collection of blood under the nail causes intense pain.
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Septal hematoma
A septal hematoma is a bruise or bleeding within the nasal septum. The septum of the nose separates the two nostrils.
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Hematoma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A hematoma, or haematoma, is an extravasation of blood outside the blood vessels, generally the result of hemorrhage. A hematoma is a pocket or localized ...
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Hematoma Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment by MedicineNet.com
Mar 19, 2011 ... By definition, a hematoma is a collection of blood outside of a blood vessel. It occurs because the wall of a blood vessel wall, artery, ...
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Hematoma definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular ...
Mar 19, 2011 ... Hematoma: An abnormal localized collection of blood in which the blood is usually clotted or partially clotted and is usually situated ...
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