Hemoperitoneum - Causes

Causes

Causes of hemoperitoneum include:

• Penetrating trauma
• Blunt trauma, most commonly injuries to solid organs such as the liver and spleen.
• Vascular accidents, such as rupture of an Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Iliac Aneurysm, or Splenic Aneurysm.
• Bleeding due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy or uterine rupture.
• Rupture of Corpus luteum in some cases.
• Less commonly, bleeding due to a perforated gastric ulcer.
• Bleeding due to rupture of an intra-abdominal neoplasm, (e.g., Hepatoblastoma)
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation
• People on high dose of anticoagulants(blood thinners)
• Perforation of the colon