Spontaneous Hematoma of the Duodenum: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Spontaneous duodenal hematoma is a rare and challenging condition, because of its nonspecific clinical and radiological presentation. It has several causes, but hematological diseases have an important role in these cases. Controversy still surrounds its therapeutic management because of the lack of clinical evidence in the literature on this subject, but conservative treatment seems to present the best results. In the following paper, we present a clinical case that was attended at our service and a brief review of the literature on this subject.