Acharya Indira, Pokharel Ashik, Weisman David S
Medstar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2023 Mar 10;13(2):41-45. doi: 10.55729/2000-9666.1161. eCollection 2023.
Retroperitoneal hematoma is rare but potentially life-threatening. It is commonly caused by traumatic or iatrogenic vascular injury, retroperitoneal neoplasm, coagulopathy, chronic anticoagulation, or fibrinolytic therapy. However, retroperitoneal hematoma due to vitamin C deficiency is rare. Here, we report a case of 40 years old man who developed retroperitoneal hematoma in context of very low vitamin C. To our knowledge, this is the second described case of retroperitoneal hematoma from vitamin C deficiency.
腹膜后血肿虽罕见但可能危及生命。它通常由创伤性或医源性血管损伤、腹膜后肿瘤、凝血病、长期抗凝治疗或纤维蛋白溶解疗法引起。然而,因维生素C缺乏导致的腹膜后血肿很罕见。在此,我们报告一例40岁男性在维生素C水平极低的情况下发生腹膜后血肿的病例。据我们所知,这是第二例报道的因维生素C缺乏导致的腹膜后血肿病例。