UNUSUAL  SIZE  OF  SUBCUTANEOUS  HAEMATOMA  AND  ITS  SURGICAL MANAGEMENT  IN  A  THOROUGHBRED  HORSE –  A  CASE  REPORT

P. Pothiappan; T. Muthuramalingam; S. Parthiban; R. Sureshkumar; S. Selvakumar; G. D. Rao

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v9i5.158452

Authors

P. Pothiappan Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7
T. Muthuramalingam Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7
S. Parthiban Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7
R. Sureshkumar Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7
S. Selvakumar Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7
G. D. Rao Emergency and Critical Care Unit, Resident Veterinary Services Section, Madras Veterinary College, Vepery, Chennai-7

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v9i5.158452

Abstract

A haematoma is the accumulation of blood perivascularly in the subcutaneous, subserosal, intermuscular or intramuscular connective tissue due to a lesion in a blood vessel. A hematoma is extravasations of blood outside the blood vessels, generally the result of haemorrhage (Higgins and Wright, 1999). Minor injuries occur routinely and the body is usually able to repair the damaged vessel wall by activating the blood clotting cascade and forming fibrin patches. Sometimes the repair fails if the damage is extensive and the large defect allows for continued bleeding. As well, if there is great pressure within the blood vessel, for example a major artery, the blood will continue to leak and the hematoma will expand (Evans, 1998).

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