objectives:  to identify the predictive factors of successful non-operative management of patients with intraperitoneal bleeding following blunt abdominal trauma. methods:  this was cross-sectional study being performed in our level i trauma center in southern iran between 2010 and 2011. we included adult (>14 years) patients with blunt abdominal trauma and intraperitoneal hemorrhage detected b...

Warfarin is a coumarin anticoagulant, used widely for therapeutic and prophylactic anticoagulation. Though it is considered as a life saving medicine, it is associated with the significant adverse effects including intra-peritoneal bleeding, which have been very well documented in literature. However, presentation of warfarin induced intraperitoneal bleeding as an acute appendicitis has not bee...

Hemoperitoneum in peritoneal dialysis patients is a known but infrequent complication. Hemoperitoneum is more frequent in women because of its association with a variety of gynecologic presentations such as reflux menstruation, ovulation, endometrial tissue implants within the peritoneal cavity (endometriosis), and bleeding follicular cysts. Other intraperitoneal causes of hemoperitoneum includ...

Peritoneal pregnancy may cause severe abdominal bleeding without genital bleeding as early as the fifth week of gestation. Awareness that pregnancy can exist in unusual locations is imperative.

Calcified peritoneal implants have been attributed to various malignant and benign causes. We present an interesting case of a 32-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain, distension and vaginal bleeding. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed calcified peritoneal implants with a malignant ovarian mass. Histopathology showed an endodermal sinus tumor, a rare cause of calcified p...

We herein present the first reported case of severe proptosis caused by ocular and periocular hemorrhages in a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dilaysis patient without previous history of trauma. The bleeding tendency caused by uremia and the use of warfarin during uncontrolled high blood pressure were most likely responsible for her ocular and periocular hemorrhages. Appropriate control of bl...

BACKGROUND Warfarin is a coumarin anti-coagulant, used widely for the therapeutic and prophylactic anticoagulation. Although, it is considered as a life saving medicine, it is associated with the significant adverse effects including intra-abdominal bleeding, which have been very well documented in literature. However, the presentation of warfarin induced intra-peritoneal bleeding as an acute a...

pancreatic diseases are known to be associated with complications such as pseudocyst and abscess. a pseudoaneurysm associated with pancreatitis may develop as well. the pseudoaneurysm may rupture into various parts of the gastrointestinal tract; the peritoneal cavity, or the retroperitoneum. we report two cases of hemosuccus pancreaticus admitted to our center in the past five years. one case w...