ULUSAL TRAVMA VE ACIL CERRAHI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF TRAUMA & EMERGENCY SURGERY, vol.13, no.1, pp.55-59, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
BACKGROUND Rectus sheath hematoma (RSH) is one of the rare causes of acute abdominal pain. This clinical entity is frequently misdiagnosed and leads to unnecessary surgical intervention. We investigated the critical points of the diagnosis and therapy in preventing these mistakes.