Spontaneous intraperitoneal haemorrhage during pregnancy

Spontaneous Intraperitoneal Haemorrhage during Pregnancy: Report of Three Cases.

presumably takes place via the vena azygos through oesophageal and other intercostophrenic veins or short venae communicantes to the inferior vena cava. The krypton injected into the spleen as a bolus could be recovered from the radial artery as late as five minutes afterwards, indicating marked overdistension and retardation in the portal pool. A summary of the various haemodynamic shunts in p...

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 due to spontaneous rupture of a vein.

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.

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.