Hematoma vs Pseudoaneurysm - What's the difference?
hematoma | pseudoaneurysm |
A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.
(medicine) A so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery.
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As nouns the difference between pseudoaneurysm and hematoma
is that pseudoaneurysm is a so-called "false aneurysm", a hematoma that forms as the result of a leaking hole in an artery while hematoma is a swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of a broken blood vessel.hematoma
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Alternative forms
* haematoma *Noun
(en-noun)External links
* (wikipedia "hematoma") ----pseudoaneurysm
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