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This is the first documented case in North America wherein a 26-year-old man presented to the emergency room with hemoperitoneum secondary to avulsed short gastric arteries after violent emesis.
A deceased 23 year old female was repatriated from a 3rd world country in a deeply frozen state as no conventional mortuary refrigeration was available. Prior to her death the deceased had complained of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting followed by collapse. She was unable to be resuscitated.
BACKGROUND
Endometriosis is a quite common condition in women of reproductive age. The purpose of this study is to delineate the association between hemoperitoneum and endometriosis.
METHODS
The records of all patients with endometriotic ovarian cysts treated at the 3rd Department of Obstetrics and
We present a case of a 31-year-old woman, gravida 4 para 1, pregnant at 33 + 2 weeks of gestational age with acute abdomen due to hemoperitoneum. Hemoperitoneum was suspected for non-specific symptoms such as acute abdominal pain, vomit, cardiotocography alterations and maternal acute anaemia. An
Massive spontaneous hemoperitoneum has been infrequently presented in the literature. Only very seldom has this phenomenon been described without eventual discovery of an inciting event. We discuss a case of massive spontaneous hemoperitoneum in a 21-year-old healthy white male presenting with
Massive hemoperitoneum seen without an obvious precipitating event is rare. A 21-year-old man was seen with diffuse abdominal pain of 48 hours' duration. He had no fever, nausea, or vomiting, and most laboratory values were normal. Exploration of the abdomen revealed free intraperitoneal blood with
Spontaneous bleeding from a short gastric artery in the absence of pre-disposing trauma is reported very rarely. To the best of our knowledge, the published literature includes only 14 cases. Young men comprise almost all of the patients, and were induced by vomiting or gagging. The patients usually
Spontaneous rupture of the short gastric artery is an extremely rare event that can cause abdominal apoplexy or spontaneous hemoperitoneum. For the emergency physician, simultaneous restoration of circulatory volume and a rapid diagnosis remain central to a successful outcome in such critical cases.
BACKGROUND
Spontaneous hemoperitoneum in healthy males is an extremely rare, life threatening emergency condition with high mortality and morbidity, if not diagnosed and managed early.
METHODS
We present a 33-year-old male who presented with hemoperitoneum following self-induced
We present a case report of a previously undocumented incident of massive hemoperitoneum from a liver laceration secondary to vomiting. The patient presented with the complaint of vomiting and abdominal pain. Computed tomography revealed perihepatic and perisplenic fluid collections. With this
We present a case report of laparoscopic management of a spontaneous hemoperitoneum in the second trimester of pregnancy. The patient was a 40-year-old woman at 15 weeks of gestation. At laparoscopic surgery, the hemoperitoneum was evacuated, and the right-sided uterine vessels were closed with
BACKGROUND Uterine leiomyoma, or uterine fibroid, is the most common gynecologic neoplasm and its management usually results in a good clinical outcome. This report is of a rare case of hemoperitoneum associated with spontaneous hemorrhage from a benign uterine leiomyoma. CASE REPORT A 27-year-old
BACKGROUND
Hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of a hepatic hemangioma is a rare and serious clinical event with a high mortality rate.
METHODS
25-year-old woman under hormonal treatment for pregnancy with abdominal pain with distension followed by vomits, palpable epigastric mass and paleness
This is a case report of a ruptured gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) presenting as spontaneous hemoperitoneum. The patient was a 63-year-old female with a past medical history of hypertension and ulcerative colitis who presented to the emergency department with worsening epigastric pain. The