[Hemoperitoneum secondary to spontaneous rupture of the umbilical vein]

M Vallalta Morales; B Cano; C Morata Aldea; J R Calabuig Alborch

doi:10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70490-7

[Hemoperitoneum secondary to spontaneous rupture of the umbilical vein]

Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004 Aug-Sep;27(7):414-6. doi: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70490-7.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

M Vallalta Morales¹, B Cano, C Morata Aldea, J R Calabuig Alborch

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain. mvallalta@hotmail.com

PMID: 15461941
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-5705(03)70490-7

Abstract

Patients with ascites can develop spontaneous hemoperitoneum after injury or as a complication of diagnostic or therapeutic techniques. Spontaneous rupture of intra-abdominal varices is a rare complication of portal hypertension and an infrequent cause of hemoperitoneum that causes high mortality (75%). We present a new case of spontaneous hemoperitoneum secondary to umbilical vein rupture in a male patient with liver cirrhosis and review the cases previously described in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Fatal Outcome
Hemoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
Hemoperitoneum / etiology*
Hemoperitoneum / surgery*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / complications
Laparotomy
Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
Liver Cirrhosis / surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Umbilical Veins / diagnostic imaging
Umbilical Veins / pathology*
Umbilical Veins / surgery
Vascular Diseases / complications*
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Diseases / surgery