title: An unusual cause of haemorrhagic ascites following blunt abdominal trauma.
abstract: Slow intraperitoneal haemorrhage following blunt abdominal trauma may present as haemorrhagic ascites. Such haemorrhage is usually due to rupture of spleen, liver or damage to small bowel mesenteric vasculature. We encountered a patient with bleeding from ruptured exogastric leiomyoblastoma. Two cases of traumatic rupture of gastric leiomyosarcomas have been reported previously. The operative treatment is usually delayed and the diagnosis established only at laparotomy. We suggest a high level of suspicion and early laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Liver Transplantation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Dwivedi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Srinath
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Pande
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018230:Leiomyoma, Epithelioid / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*