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Title of Journal: Knee Surg Sports traumatol Arthroscopy
Abbravation: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
DOI
10.1016/0165-1218(80)90053-1
ISSN
1433-7347
A 16yearold male Taekwondo player was admitted with a 1day history of right groin pain and a palpable mass in the right lower abdominal quadrant following a Taekwondo training session No history of direct trauma was given but the pain followed a high inwardtooutward kick The patient was not on any medication and tumour and infection were excluded A highresolution realtime ultrasound scan identified a welldefined hyperechoic heterogeneous mass in the substance of the right iliopsoas muscle compatible with a collection of partially clotted blood confirming the clinical diagnosis of iliopsoas haematoma After conservative treatment the patient resumed training and is now fully asymptomatic