Correspondence

Lumbosacral Plexopathy as the Harbinger of a Silent Retroperitoneal Hematoma

Authors: Levent Özçakar, MD, Ayşen Sivri, MD, Musa Aydınlı, MD, Yusuf Tavil MD

Abstract

To the Editor:


Retroperitoneal hematomas are very rarely seen in otherwise healthy people, and the condition is usually not accompanied by a neurologic deficit. We present a case of lumbosacral plexopathy that was later proved to be due to a silent retroperitoneal hematoma that developed contralateral to a femoral catheterization site.

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