title: [Massive hemoperitoneum from rupture of an intra-peritoneal varix].
abstract: Rupture of an intra-abdominal varix in a patient with portal hypertension is a rare but severe cause of massive hemoperitoneum. The authors report the case of a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis that presented to the emergency department with hypovolemic shock. Imaging showed massive hemoperitoneum, severe portal hypertension and suggested the diagnosis of spontaneous rupture of an intra-abdominal varix, confirmed at laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Service Central de Radiologie et d'Imagerie Médicale, Nantes, France. LEAUTE/CHU-NANTES@MERCURE
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Léauté
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frampas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mathon
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leborgne
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dupas
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications*; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012769:Shock / Q000209:etiology; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery