Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Apr 2002
Case Reports[Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by intraabdominal variceal rupture in a patient with liver cirrhosis. Clinical case].
Spontaneous hemoperitoneum secondary to intraabdominal variceal rupture, is an uncommon and highly lethal complication of cirrhosis. We report a case of a 68 years old male submitted because of abdominal pain and fainting. ⋯ He was operated on and the exploration showed a massive hemoperitoneum caused by bleeding gastrosplenic varices. The patient died in the immediate postoperative period.