Spontaneous acute hemoperitoneum due to rupture of intra-abdominal varices in a patient with liver cirrhosis
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https://doi.org/10.51481/amc.v48i3.262Keywords:
sudden death, hemoperitoneum, abdominal apoplexy, intraabdominal varicealrupture, cirrhosisAbstract
We present the case of an alcoholic patient who diedsuddenly. The medicolegal autopsy found a massive hemoperitoneum and hepatic cirrhosis. Acute spontaneous hemoperitoneum secondary to intraabdominal variceal rup-ture in patients with hepatic cirrhosis whose first clinicalmanifestation is sudden death, is an extremely rare condi-tion and therefore difficult from the medical point of view.
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