Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine (동의생리병리학회지)

The Physiological Society of Korean Medicine and The Society of Pathology in Korean Medicine (대한동의생리학회·한의병리학회)
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Non-traumatic Spontaneous Gastrocnemius Muscle Blood Stasis Associated with Alcoholic Liver Cirrhosis

알콜성 간경변증 환자의 비외상성 자발성 비복근 어혈에 관한 증례 보고

  • Baik, Tai Hyeun (Department of Internal Medicine, Sangji Korean Medicine Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Deuk Soo (Department of Internal Medicine, Sangji Korean Medicine Hospital)
  • 백태현 (상지대학교 부속한방병원 내과학교실) ;
  • 이득수 (상지대학교 부속한방병원 내과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.07.05
  • Accepted : 2012.10.18
  • Published : 2012.10.25
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Abstract

We report a rare case of non-traumatic spontaneous intramuscular mass of blood stasis, especially gastrocnemius muscle, associated with alcoholic liver cirrhosis. A 53-year-old man with alcoholic liver cirrhosis was admitted to our hospital for ICH. It was improved by Korean Medicine treatments, however, he was complaint of severe pain in left calf. Ultrasound revealed intramuscular hypoechoic mass at the left gastrocnemius muscle and we diagnose it as mass of blood stasis, which is similarly called 'hematoma' in Western medicine. Herbal extracts, acupuncture and indirect moxibustion reduced it, but the effects could not be compared as there were no reports of these kinds. It seems important to consider intramuscular mass of blood stasis as a complication of alcoholic liver cirrhosis and Ultrasound seems to be very useful in diagnosis and observation of intramuscular mass of blood stasis.

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