Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy

A true incidence of postcoital fistula is not known as it is seldom suspected. It presents as acute pneumoperitoneum with signs and symptoms same as that of perforation of a hollow viscus. A 38-year-old parous woman presented with postcoital fistula 10 weeks after panhysterectomy for carcinoma ovary...

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Autores principales: Singla, Shilpa, Jain, Sunesh Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Maternofetal Emergencies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930981
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66547
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description A true incidence of postcoital fistula is not known as it is seldom suspected. It presents as acute pneumoperitoneum with signs and symptoms same as that of perforation of a hollow viscus. A 38-year-old parous woman presented with postcoital fistula 10 weeks after panhysterectomy for carcinoma ovary stage IIIc. Pneumoperitoneum was detected, with large amount of gas under the diaphragm on radiograph of the abdomen. A breach was found in the vaginal vault. All other causes of fistula were excluded. Fistula healed spontaneously on follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-29385022010-10-07 Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy Singla, Shilpa Jain, Sunesh Kumar J Emerg Trauma Shock Maternofetal Emergencies A true incidence of postcoital fistula is not known as it is seldom suspected. It presents as acute pneumoperitoneum with signs and symptoms same as that of perforation of a hollow viscus. A 38-year-old parous woman presented with postcoital fistula 10 weeks after panhysterectomy for carcinoma ovary stage IIIc. Pneumoperitoneum was detected, with large amount of gas under the diaphragm on radiograph of the abdomen. A breach was found in the vaginal vault. All other causes of fistula were excluded. Fistula healed spontaneously on follow-up. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC2938502/ /pubmed/20930981 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66547 Text en © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Maternofetal Emergencies
Singla, Shilpa
Jain, Sunesh Kumar
Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title_full Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title_fullStr Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title_full_unstemmed Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title_short Postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
title_sort postcoital vaginoperitoneal fistula after hysterectomy for gynecological malignancy
topic Maternofetal Emergencies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2938502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20930981
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.66547
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