title: [Spontaneous splenic vein rupture complicating liver cirrhosis: an autopsy case report].
abstract: A 70-year-old woman, who had hepatitis-C related liver cirrhosis died suddenly. Autopsy showed a massive retroperitoneal hematoma and ruptured splenic vein, as well as densely bloody ascites. This suggested that chronic and unnoticed retroperitoneal leak from the ruptured vein preceded the acute and fatal outcome of the intra-abdominal bleeding. Spontaneous rupture of the splenic vein is rarely reported in liver cirrhosis despite the presence of portal hypertension. This rare association is discussed with a literature review.
authors: Department of Surgery, Otemae Hospital, Japan. s-okubo5923@otemae.gr.jp
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Okubo
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Kiriyama
authors: Takeo
authors: T
authors: Usui
authors: Tadaharu
authors: T
authors: Takemura
authors: Kouichiro
authors: K
authors: Ikeda
authors: Yoshio
authors: Y
authors: Kanayama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001344:Autopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013162:Splenic Vein / Q000473:pathology*