Een vrouw met vetweefsel uit haar navel

A 57 year old woman with a history of liver cirrhosis and ascites presented with serous exudate spontaneously leaking from a ruptured umbilical hernia, also known as Flood syndrome. This syndrome is a rare complication of decompensated liver cirrhosis and is associated with high mortality. In this specific case, there was also omentum protruding through the umbilical hernia which limited the outflow of ascites. Patient was successfully treated with antibiotics and consecutive open primary hernia repair without mesh implantation.

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