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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JPSIM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</journal-title>
        <abbrev-title>J Pak Soc Intern Med</abbrev-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn publication-format="print">2709-8729</issn>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2710-0804</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70302/jpsim.v6i3.2554</article-id>
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          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Spontaneous Calf Hematoma</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Bhatti</surname>
            <given-names>Hammad Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>hammad_27ctp@hotmail.com</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Elhadidi</surname>
            <given-names>Nafad Mohamed Lotfy</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Raees</surname>
            <given-names>Humera Bint</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hammad</surname>
            <given-names>Tehniyat</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="aff1">
        <institution>Zulekha Hospital, Sharjah, UAE</institution>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1">*Correspondence: Hammad Ahmed Bhatti (hammad_27ctp@hotmail.com)</corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2025-08-23">
        <day>23</day>
        <month>08</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>6</volume>
      <issue>3</issue>
      <fpage>287</fpage>
      <lpage>290</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-04-08">
          <day>08</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2025-04-18">
          <day>18</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2025-07-24">
          <day>24</day>
          <month>07</month>
          <year>2025</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2025 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2025</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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      <abstract>
        <p>Spontaneous calf hematoma is one of the bizarre clinical conditions that is commonly missed in the day-to-day clinical practice and there are very few cases reported on this vital but potentially lethal disorder. It is mostly because of its similar clinical presentation to deep vein thrombosis and therefore a low index of suspicion. In this context, initiation of anticoagulants for the deep vein thrombosis leads to further blood leakage in any otherwise friable blood vessel and, if untreated, can lead to persistent bleeding and devastation. The purpose of this case report is to emphasize on taking a proper history of any trivial injury in any unilateral calf swelling followed by urgent ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging to reach the immediate diagnosis and proper management.</p>
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