title: Spontaneous rupture of a normal portal vein causing severe retroperitoneal and intraperitoneal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Abercrombie
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Burroughs
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Ashby
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous