Hematoma

Posted By Ben W. on May 10, 1998 at 12:41:32:







My grandmother had the angioplasty with stents done about a year ago and
began to feel some improvement in some of the swellings she had been getting.
She did have a lot of trouble though with the artery not healing correctly
where the incision was made.  She developed a hematoma and it was several
months before it appeared to heal itself.
Now a year later, I just found out that two days ago she had to go to the
emergency and is now in the hospital.  She developed swelling, and discoloration
of the skin.  The report is that the hematoma has not only reoccured, but
an aneurysm of the vein where the incision was made in the groin for the
angioplasty.  The hematoma is enormous and the doctor is very concerned and
is sending a sample out to be tested.  He doesn't know what it is.  Right
now she is having some of the fluid drained and is receiving some kind of
I-V.  The bag says, "Ances Galaxy Iso-Osmotic".  Is this just a regular I-V
kind of fluid, or an antibiotic?  What would cause such a hematoma to develop?
Do you have any ideas?