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Table 1 Differential diagnosis of spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage

From: Spontaneous intraperitoneal hemorrhage as the initial presentation of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor: a case report

Organ system

Differential diagnosis

Gynecological

Ectopic pregnancy

Ruptured ovarian cyst

Uterine leiomyoma/leiomyosarcoma

Ovarian granulosa cell tumor

Ruptured corpus leuteum cyst

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Endometriosis

Spontaneous uterine rupture

Splenic

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Infectious mononucleosis

Spontaneous splenic rupture

Iatrogentic

Spontaneous rupture of splenic vein

Torsion and rupture of wandering spleen

Hamartoma

Primary splenic angiosarcoma

Hepatic

Peliosis hepaticus

Hepatic adenoma/adenomatosis

Hepatocellular carcinoma

Hemangioma

Primary hepatic angiosarcoma

Metastatic cancer

Amyloid

Focal nodular hyperplasia

Biliary

Ruptured cholangiocarcinoma

Transhepatic rupture of gallbladder

Vascular

Ruptured cystic artery pseudoaneurysm

Ruptured splenic artery aneurysm

Segmental mediolytic arteriopathy

Gastric

Mixed cavernous-capillary hemangioma

GIST

Colonic

Meckel’s diverticulitis

GIST

Pancreatic

Ruptured pseudocyst

Miscellaneous

Ruptured benign solitary fibrous tumor