Retroperitoneal Haemorrhage in Pregnancy

Non-traumatic retroperitoneal haemorrhage from renal tumours

“…The aorta or iliac vessels are the ones most commonly involved, but the renal and splenic arteries are also troublesome in this respect. I n addition it can occur from apparently normal vessels in haemophilia and in pregnancy (Ogden, 1948;Fraenkel, 1957). Also, true spontaneous retroperitoneal haemorrage or abdominal apoplexy does occur.…”

Splenic Aneurysm and Splenic Enlargement in Pregnancy

“…In a.previous paper (Lennie and Sheehan, 1942) four cases of rupture of splenic and renal aneurysms in pregnancy were described and a review was given of 20 previous cases in the literature. More recently Ogden (1948) recorded a ruptured splenic aneurysm in a woman 35 weeks pregnant and gave details from the literature of three additional cases (one splenic and two renal) in pregnant women. The following is a further example of rupture of a splenic aneurysm in the course of pregnancy.…”