Spontaneous hemoperitoneum secondary to intraabdominal variceal rupture, is all uncommon and highly lethal complication of cirrhosis. We report a case of a 68 years old male submitted because of abdominal pain and fainting. Thee clinical and laboratory work up concluded that the patient bad cirrhosis and hemoperitoneum. He was operated on and the exploration showed a massive hemoperitoneum caused by bleeding gastrosplenic varices. The patient died in the immediate postoperative period