RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Avulsion of short gastric arteries caused by vomiting JF Gut JO Gut FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology SP 1137 OP 1138 DO 10.1136/gut.35.8.1137 VO 35 IS 8 A1 N Hayes A1 P D Waterworth A1 S M Griffin YR 1994 UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/35/8/1137.abstract AB A case is presented describing a new, potentially life threatening complication of vomiting after a 21 year old man presented in shock with a haemoperitoneum caused by violent, self induced emesis.