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Acta Médica Costarricense
On-line version ISSN 0001-6002Print version ISSN 0001-6012
Abstract
VARGAS- SANABRIA, Maikel and FLORES- SANDI, Grettchen. Hemoperitoneo agudo espontáneo por ruptura de várices intraabdominales en un paciente con cirrosis hepática. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2006, vol.48, n.3, pp.139-141. ISSN 0001-6002.
We present the case of an alcoholic patient who died suddenly. The medicolegal autopsy found a massive hemoperitoneum and hepatic cirrhosis. Acute spontaneous hemoperitoneum secondary to intraabdominal variceal rupture in patients with hepatic cirrhosis whose first clinical manifestation is sudden death, is an extremely rare condition and therefore difficult from the medical point of view.
Keywords : sudden death; hemoperitoneum; abdominal apoplexy; intraabdominal variceal rupture; cirrhosis.