Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Pyometra is an accumulation of purulent material or pus in the uterine cavity. Spontaneous perforation of uterus by pyometra is rare. This is a clinical presentation and management of a spontaneous perforation of uterine caused by pyometra. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case report on s...

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Autores principales: Yousefi, Zohreh, Sharifi, Noorieh, Morshedy, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593714
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.14491
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description INTRODUCTION: Pyometra is an accumulation of purulent material or pus in the uterine cavity. Spontaneous perforation of uterus by pyometra is rare. This is a clinical presentation and management of a spontaneous perforation of uterine caused by pyometra. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case report on spontaneously perforated associated with pyometra secondary to cervical malignancy. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Spontaneous rupture of pyometra duo to cervical cancer in cases of acute abdomen in elderly patients should be considered.
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spelling pubmed-42706752015-01-15 Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report Yousefi, Zohreh Sharifi, Noorieh Morshedy, Maryam Iran Red Crescent Med J Case Report INTRODUCTION: Pyometra is an accumulation of purulent material or pus in the uterine cavity. Spontaneous perforation of uterus by pyometra is rare. This is a clinical presentation and management of a spontaneous perforation of uterine caused by pyometra. CASE PRESENTATION: This is a case report on spontaneously perforated associated with pyometra secondary to cervical malignancy. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy with total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Spontaneous rupture of pyometra duo to cervical cancer in cases of acute abdomen in elderly patients should be considered. Kowsar 2014-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4270675/ /pubmed/25593714 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.14491 Text en Copyright © 2014, Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal; Published by Kowsar Corp. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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.
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Morshedy, Maryam
Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title_full Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title_fullStr Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title_short Spontaneous Uterine Perforation Caused by Pyometra: A Case Report
title_sort spontaneous uterine perforation caused by pyometra: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593714
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ircmj.14491
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