Death Due to Hemorragic Shock Due to Rupture Esophageal Varices: Clinical and Autopsy Based Case Report

Abstract

This is a case report of A 27 years old female was brought to the emergency department with the complaint of progressive abdominal distension with pain in abdomen and early satiety for last few months. On further clinical, radiological and laboratory evaluation, patient was diagnosed with portal hypertension with splenomegaly and got collapsed during the course of treatment. On autopsy examination, the cause of death was hemorrhagic shock due to rupture of esophageal varices.