Spontaneous intercostal artery bleeding in a patient with alcohol‐induced liver cirrhosis

Abstract

Abstract Spontaneous intercostal artery bleeding is a rare disease seen in cirrhosis and can present with hemodynamically significant blood loss anemia, hypotension, and shock. Transcatheter arterial embolization is an effective treatment for severe cases.

Keywords

• alcohol liver disease
• cirrhosis
• embolization
• hemorrhagic shock
• intercostal artery