How to Use hematoma in a Sentence

hematoma

noun
  • One of the victims was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a large hematoma, or severe bruise, along with hyphema, which is when blood collects inside someone’s eye.
    Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
  • With a bruised eye and a hematoma on her cheekbone, their mom went to the ER.
    Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The fan did end up with a small hematoma in her eye, and bruises on her face.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 20 June 2018
  • At a lifeguard stand minutes later, the guards iced the hematoma and cleaned the cut.
    New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The hematoma had swollen to the size of a volleyball, which was difficult for all to see.
    Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • The cause was a subdural hematoma sustained in a fall, her son, Matthew Scott, said.
    Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2020
  • She was sent home and told that the subdural hematoma would resolve on its own.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
  • Spencer emerged from the fourth sporting a nasty hematoma on her forehead, but her corner sent her back out for the fifth.
    Mma Junkie, azcentral, 6 June 2020
  • Chronic hematomas are less likely than acute hematomas to cause a rapid increase of pressure in the skull.
    Elizabeth Quinn, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The doctors had taken it out because her brain was swollen and bleeding from a hematoma.
    Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The hematoma had to be drained with a lengthy needle inserted through Hernández’s back.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Doctors found a large hematoma in her abdomen during surgery, and she was placed on bed rest for six weeks.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Since Monday, doctors were able to stop the hematoma and stopped the bleeding, Oliverson said.
    Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Her boyfriend was pushed to the ground and had multiple face and skull fractures and a large hematoma, court documents said.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The first episode opens with Ailes, played by Russell Crowe, dead on the floor of his Florida home of a subdural hematoma.
    Lyz Lenz, The New Republic, 27 June 2019
  • She was taken to an area hospital and treated for three fractured ribs, a bruised lung and a hematoma to her head.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Over the next two-and-a-half hours, surgeons performed a craniotomy to remove the blood buildup (epidural hematoma) from Jaden's brain.
    Maria Carter, Woman's Day, 28 Apr. 2016
  • However, the hematomas were still observed, according to the suit.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Molina, 35, suffered a traumatic hematoma after a foul tip hit him in the eighth inning against the Cubs in St. Louis.
    Nicole Poell, USA TODAY, 7 May 2018
  • The statement said the cause was acute subdural hematoma, a condition in which blood collects between the skull and brain.
    Kiuko Notoya, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • And doctors found a large hematoma, a collection of blood outside the blood vessels, in her abdomen.
    Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Dauer, who spent three seasons with the franchise, nearly died last year as the result of a subdural hematoma.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • His injuries included abrasions on his right knee, right and left forearms, and a hematoma on his front right head.
    Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
  • The cause of death was determined to be subdural hematoma — when a blood vessel in the space between the skull and the brain is damaged — caused by blunt force trauma to the head.
    CBS News, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Dauer spent three seasons with the franchise but nearly died last year as a result of a subdural hematoma.
    Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • The 22-year-old, taken to St. Francis in stable condition, also suffered multiple blows to her head and face, and a hematoma to the back of the head.
    Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 14 July 2019
  • An epidural hematoma involves bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the space between the skull and the covering around the brain, called the dura mater.
    Ashley Abramson, Health.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • In 2010, Williams was diagnosed with blood clots in her lungs, and doctors discovered a hematoma in her abdomen.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The studio said Toriyama died on March 1 due to acute subdural hematoma, a condition where blood collects between the skull and the surface of the brain.
    USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The 87-year-old man had taken a fall and needed treatment for a subdural hematoma — bleeding between his brain and skull.
    Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022

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