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Figure 6. Atypical haematoma. A 58-year-old man with bilateral inguinal hernia repair, reduction in red blood cell parameters, and a painful mass in the right inguinal canal during the immediate post-operative period. (a) Conventional CT performed at this level, showed a ight mass (*) with bubbles of gas making difficult to differentiate between hernia recurrence and haematoma or seroma. (b) Conventional CT scan performed at the same level as (a) after administration of oral contrast. Important to note how the normal size bowel has been displaced by the mass (*). In this patient the clinical findings and the lack of ancillary features associated with true hernia excluded hernia recurrence.
