Hemoperitoneum from a ruptured varix in cirrhosis. Case report and literature review.
A cirrhotic patient with hemoperitoneum is presented. The diagnosis of ruptured retroperitoneal varices was made at laparotomy and the patient becomes the second reported case to survive hospitalization for bleeding intra-abdominal varices. The formation of varices as a consequence of portal hypertension is discussed; the differential diagnosis and evaluation of hemoperitoneum is considered and the seven previously reported cases of intra-abdominal variceal hemorrhage are reviewed.
D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis