title: Haemoperitoneum secondary to rupture of retroperitoneal variceal.
abstract: A 45-year-old alcoholic male patient presented with hypovolemic shock and intense anemia (Hemoglobin 04.7 g/dl), and was operated on. A bleeding retroperitoneal varix located near the right colon was responsible for the clinical picture and was sutured. After operation the patient developed haemodynamic instability and pneumonia a situation which was reverted with intensive medical therapy. The patient is now doing well.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molina-Perez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Moreno
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Reimers
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perez-Palma
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santolaria-Fernandez
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Essardas-Daryanani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez-Riera
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D012421:Rupture; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery