Massive hemoperitoneum from rupture of an intra-peritoneal varix;Hémopéritoine massif par rupture d'une varice intra-abdominale

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1775-1777

  Leaute F ^a   Frampas, E ^a   Mathon, G ^a   Leborgne, J ^b   Dupas, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Hemoperitoneum; Intra abdominal varix; Portal hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LAPAROTOMY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; VARICOSIS;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOCK; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 0036857861     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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