title: Laparoscopic management for spontaneous rupture of left gastroepiploic vessel after forceful retching.
abstract: Spontaneous rupture of the left gastroepiploic vessel causing abdominal apoplexy or spontaneous hemoperitoneum is extremely rare. Such ambiguous condition can delay diagnosis, resulting in hypovolemic shock. Reporting such rare cases is valuable to clinicians. Here, we report a 19-year-old man who initially presented left upper quadrant pain and diaphoresis followed by vomiting after ingesting alcohol. He was diagnosed with diffuse hemoperitoneum and large amount of hematoma in left side of lesser sac due to spontaneous rupture of left gastroepiploic vessel. The patient underwent emergency exploratory laparoscopy. Bleeding was controlled by clipping the teared vessel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yeouido St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yeouido St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: djdjcap@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dong Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Yeouido St Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Wook
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006489:Hemostatic Techniques; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications*