Fatal intraperitoneal haemorrhage of hepatic origin.

Fatal intraperitoneal haemorrhage of hepatic origin.

Eight cases of fatal haemoperitoneum due to liver bleeding are reported. Two followed trauma (liver biopsy and cholecystectomy). The remaining six were spontaneous, 5 being due to malignant liver disease. The sixth case due to polycystic liver disease appears to be unique. The aetiology and importance of spontaneous hepatic bleeding is discussed.

Hepatic-cell adenoma presenting with intraperitoneal haemorrhage in the puerperium.

incarceration at the site of laparoscope insertion that resulted in intestinal obstruction, and claimed that this was the first report of this complication of laparoscopy. Both patients eventually needed small bowel resection, 14 and 21 days after laparoscopy. These two patients, and the one described above, were initially well after laparoscopy and then started to vomit on the third and the si...

Idiopathic Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Haemorrhage.

Idiopathic spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage is a rare and potentially fatal condition. Pre-operative diagnosis is difficult or rarely possible. Urgent surgical exploration is the treatment of choice. We report a case of spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage that was observed undergoing sudden deterioration of her condition while in a hospital ward. She was attending to her child admitt...

Intraperitoneal haemorrhage from anterior abdominal wall varices.

Patients with oesophageal varices frequently present with gastrointestinal haemorrhage but bleeding from varices at other sites is rare. We present a patient with hepatitis C-induced cirrhosis and partial portal vein occlusion who developed spontaneous haemorrhage from anterior abdominal wall varices into the rectus abdominus muscle and peritoneal cavity.

Leptospirosis complicated by fatal intracerebral haemorrhage.