Title: hematoma
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - hematoma
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.11803
Status: current

Definition
Region of bleeding into a tissue or organ.

Notes
1) Often a result of trauma, defective blood clotting or drugs that suppress blood clotting.
2) Hematoma of the brain is a common cause of stroke and is accompanied by potentially lethal increase of intracranial pressure and neuronal damage.

Related Terms
- intracranial pressure: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/11836
- stroke: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12098

Source
- PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 872 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0103)

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Citation: Citation: 'hematoma' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.11803
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