Hemoperitoneum Due to Warfarin Toxicity Presenting as Intestinal Obstruction.

Title : Spontaneous intra - peritoneal bleeding secondary to warfarin , presenting as an acute appendicitis : A case report

Retroperitoneal hemorrhagic shock in a patient on warfarin therapy

Oral anticoagulants are an established treatment modality in the prophylaxis of thromboembolic events in various clinical scenarios. Needless to say that, bleeding is a natural adverse effect of this drug. Most of the times bleeding is inconsequential. But nevertheless massive and fatal bleeding can occur occasionally. The case reported here is rare, as the patient presented with massive hemope...

An unusual cause of hemoperitoneum: case report with review of literature

Spontaneous hemoperitoneum (SH) is a rare entity which can be life-threatening. Gastrointestinal neurofibromas are rare. Occasionally, such lesions may be the initial sign of NF1 in patients without any other clinical manifestations of the disease. The clinical presentations of isolated neurofibromatous lesions of the intestines are variable. In asymptomatic patient no treatment may be required...

Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by meckel’s diverticulum in an elder patient

Symptomatic Meckel's Diverticulum is a rare entity in old patients. The most common complications are gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal obstruction, acute inflammation, and perforation. Usually those complications occur on the first two decades of life and mostly before the fifth decade. We report an extremely unusual debut of Meckel's Diverticulum, presented as massive spontaneous hemoperi...

A Rare Case of Intestinal Obstruction due to Taenia Saginata

Intestinal obstruction may be duo to various mechanical or functional reasons. Worms, especially Ascaris worms are one of the mechanical reasons of intestinal obstruction. Obstruction due to Taenia saginata is a rare phenomenon. Here we report a case of intestinal obstruction due to Taenia saginata infection in a 30 year-old male patient undergoing laparatomy with the diagnosis of intestinal ob...