Spontaneous rupture of the liver in systemic lupus erythematosus.

The commonest cause of rupture of the liver in this the patient improved through a period of intensive care. country is severe blunt trauma to the abdomen, She subsequently deteriorated, became increasingly particularly in road traffic accidents. Though rupture icteric, and developed a staphylococcal septicaemia. She either spontaneously or after minimal trauma may suffered a cardiac arrest on her 14th postoperative day occur in malarious areas, such an occurrence is rare and died 24 hours later. in.masrios areas,tsuchnanhoccurrenceeisfrar The resected lobe of liver measured 23 x 15 x 9 cm, in Brita A case is reported in which rupture Of the and had a subcapsular haematoma measuring 22 x 13 x liver occurred as an apparently spontaneous event. 0cm. The whole specimen weighed 1,350 g (Fig. 1).