[Spontaneous hemoperitoneum caused by hemorrhage and the rupture of pancreatic pseudocysts]

Two cases of haemoperitoneum due to haemorrhage and rupture of pancreatic pseudocyst in the peritoneal cavity are reported. After mentioning the exceptional nature of this complication in pancreatic pathology, the particular features of these cases are stressed, stress being laid particularly on the usefulness of echography which should be preferred to selective angiography for the usual reasons of speed of execution and harmlessness of the examination which can be carried out at the bedside if a portable echography unit is available.