INTRAPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE FROM ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL-WALL VARICES

Patients with oesophageal varices frequently present with gastrointest inal haemorrhage but bleeding from varices at other sites is rare. We present a patient with hepatitis C-induced cirrhosis and partial porta l vein occlusion who developed spontaneous haemorrhage from anterior a bdominal wall varices into the rectus abdominus muscle and peritoneal cavity.