An Unusual Etiology of Spontaneous Pyometra Perforation; A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: By presenting this case we aimed to describe an uncommon complication of generalized peritonitis following spontaneous pyometra perforation in untreated cervical carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting with clinical features mim...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Rachna, Suneja, Amita, Sharma, Abha, Vaid, Neelam Bala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Avicenna Research Institute 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926508
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author Agarwal, Rachna
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description INTRODUCTION: By presenting this case we aimed to describe an uncommon complication of generalized peritonitis following spontaneous pyometra perforation in untreated cervical carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting with clinical features mimicking intestinal perforation who was later diagnosed as cervical carcinoma with pyometra perforation at exploratory laparotomy. The patient had good post-operative recovery following drainage and peritoneal lavage. CONCLUSION: Spontaneous pyometra perforation in a case of untreated carcinoma of cervix is a rare condition, yet it should be suspected and kept in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in elderly women.
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spelling pubmed-37192912013-08-07 An Unusual Etiology of Spontaneous Pyometra Perforation; A Case Report Agarwal, Rachna Suneja, Amita Sharma, Abha Vaid, Neelam Bala J Reprod Infertil Case Report INTRODUCTION: By presenting this case we aimed to describe an uncommon complication of generalized peritonitis following spontaneous pyometra perforation in untreated cervical carcinoma. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes a 60-year-old postmenopausal woman presenting with clinical features mimicking intestinal perforation who was later diagnosed as cervical carcinoma with pyometra perforation at exploratory laparotomy. The patient had good post-operative recovery following drainage and peritoneal lavage. CONCLUSION: Spontaneous pyometra perforation in a case of untreated carcinoma of cervix is a rare condition, yet it should be suspected and kept in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen in elderly women. Avicenna Research Institute 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3719291/ /pubmed/23926508 Text en Copyright © 2011 Avicenna Research Institute http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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title_sort unusual etiology of spontaneous pyometra perforation; a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3719291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23926508
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