Le cas clinique du mois Une cause rare de laparotomie exploratrice négative chez le polytraumatisé

We report the case of a young man involved in
a high velocity road traffic accident. He presented with multiple injuries and a shock. This shock was suspected to be
caused by an intra-abdominal bleeding and an exploratory
laparotomy was performed. The procedure did not identify
any intra-abdominal bleeding and the source of bleeding
was found lately: an intramuscular active bleeding in the
dorsal and lumbar muscular compartments. This case was
discussed in our local mortality and morbidity meeting