Fatal hemoperitoneum due to segmental arterial mediolysis

Spontaneous hemoperitoneum due to vascular injury is a life-threatening condition mostly associated with aortic or splanchnic arterial disease, which stems from atherosclerotic, inflammatory, or infectious origin. However, in 1976, Slavin and Gonzales described a nonatherosclerotic arterial disease...

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Main Authors: Aloísio Felipe-Silva, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos, João Augusto dos Santos Martinês
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2016-09-01
Series:Autopsy and Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/125416