title: [Hemoperitoneum due to rupture of an omental arterial aneurysm].
abstract: We report a case of spontaneous hemoperitoneum due to rupture of an omental arterial aneurysm. This source of bleeding is unusual (2 cases published); the diagnosis was made preoperatively by doppler ultrasound and CT scan with IV contrast. Omental resection was performed and histological analysis confirmed the diagnosis. A literature review of the rare cases of hemoperitoneum due to rupture of a digestive arterial aneurysm is done.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital G. R. Laennec, CHU - Nantes. nicolas.bettini@chu-nantes.fr
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bettini
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goueffic
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Marret
authors.forename: M-F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Heymann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costargent
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patra
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaillou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009852:Omentum / Q000098:blood supply*