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 portopulmonary bilharziasis is presented in Fig. 6.