title: Abdominal apoplexy.
abstract: We describe the case of a patient with abdominal apoplexy, the spontaneous rupture of a visceral vessel. Laparotomy revealed a hematoma arising from a ruptured gastroepiploic artery. We report the usefulness of preoperative abdominal computed tomography and transgastric ultrasonography and discuss the condition of abdominal apoplexy. An increased awareness of the condition is perhaps the most valuable aspect of the early preoperative diagnosis of this potentially fatal condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carmeci
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Munfakh
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Brooks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D019160:Endosonography; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed