A Case of Spontaneous Bleeding of Multiple Lumbar Arteries in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis.
10.4166/kjg.2015.65.3.186
- Author:
Jong Sam HONG
1
;
Woo Jin JEONG
;
Yang Hee HAN
;
Sa Young SHIN
;
Jae Hyuck JUN
;
Yeong Min WOO
;
Jung Ho YUN
;
Gab Jin CHEON
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gangneung Asan Hospital, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Gangneung, Korea. jwoojini@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Spontaneous arterial bleeding;
Liver cirrhosis;
Lumbar artery
- MeSH:
Arteries;
Female;
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage/*etiology/therapy;
Hematoma/diagnosis;
Humans;
Liver Cirrhosis/complications/*diagnosis;
Lung Injury/pathology;
Middle Aged;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2015;65(3):186-189
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Esophageal and gastric varix, portal hypertensive gastropathy, Mallory-Weiss tear and gastric ulcer are common causes of bleeding in patients with liver cirrhosis. However, spontaneous arterial bleeding without a history of trauma is a rare cause of bleeding which can be fatal. We report a case of a 55-year-old woman with alcoholic liver cirrhosis who developed spontaneous bleeding of multiple right lumbar arteries and died in spite of repetitive transfusion and embolization.
