[Intra-abdominal bleeding following subcutaneous heparin application in septic abortion (author's transl)]

Report on intra-abdominal hemorrhage following inexpert injection into the abdominal wall of calcium-heparin concentrate (Calciparin, Nattermann, Cologne) in a patient with septic abortion. A hematoma developed in the abdominal muscles which perforated via the parietal peritoneum into the abdominal cavity.