Cirrhosis and bleeding ileal varices without previous intraabdominal surgery. A case report.

A case is reported in which gastrointestinal bleeding was caused by ruptured ileal varices in a patient without previous intraabdominal surgery. Shunting took place via veins in adhesions which were the results of a previous periappendicular abscess. This implies that the clinical entity has to be extended to bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract, cirrhosis of the liver, and previous intraabdominal surgery or previous intraabdominal inflammatory disease.