[Unattended fatal haemorrhage associated with spontaneous rupture of peripheral varicosity]. / Necekané vykrvácení pri spontánní rupture periferní varikozity.

Crural ulcers are found in 3-5 % of the population, venous ulcers appear in 0,15-2 % of the population. Acute hemorrhage from venous ulcer is a rare complication which can lead to unattended and rapid external blood loss. Herein we present a case of 65-year-old man who was found in the kitchen of his flat in a large pool of blood with blood-tinged simple bandage applied on the right leg. At autopsy was revealed rupture of varicose vein at the base of large venous ulcer leading to fatal haemorrhage.