[Spontaneous rupture of a mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas and suppuration in the abdomen].

The spontaneous rupture and the suppuration of a mucinous cystadenoma of the pancreas remain exceptional. The authors report about one case. The help provided by ultrasound and computed tomography for the diagnosis is indisputable.

[Spontaneous hemoperitoneum complicating intraperitoneal paraganglioma].

A young man of 27 years was admitted to the medical ward because of increasing ascites over 3 months. There were no signs of portal hypertension and a diagnostic tap produced hemorrhagic liquid. Ultrasound confirmed ascites associated with an abdomino-pelvic mass.