Pneumoperitoneum Secondary to Spontaneously Perforated Pyometra

Pyometra, by definition, is a collection of purulent fluid within the uterine cavity. Incidence has been estimated to range from 0.1% to 0.5%. Typically, this is linked to postmenopausal women; however, it has been linked to premenopausal women with concordant use of intrauterine devices. Based on o...

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Autores principales: Raymond, Benjamin A., Esper, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28357145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5213123
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description Pyometra, by definition, is a collection of purulent fluid within the uterine cavity. Incidence has been estimated to range from 0.1% to 0.5%. Typically, this is linked to postmenopausal women; however, it has been linked to premenopausal women with concordant use of intrauterine devices. Based on our knowledge, there have been less than 50 recorded cases reported in the English literature regarding perforation of pyometra resulting in acute abdomen and fewer than 25 resulting in pneumoperitoneum. We report a patient who was evaluated for diffuse peritonitis caused by perforated pyometra who was successfully treated with surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-53575162017-03-29 Pneumoperitoneum Secondary to Spontaneously Perforated Pyometra Raymond, Benjamin A. Esper, Christopher Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Pyometra, by definition, is a collection of purulent fluid within the uterine cavity. Incidence has been estimated to range from 0.1% to 0.5%. Typically, this is linked to postmenopausal women; however, it has been linked to premenopausal women with concordant use of intrauterine devices. Based on our knowledge, there have been less than 50 recorded cases reported in the English literature regarding perforation of pyometra resulting in acute abdomen and fewer than 25 resulting in pneumoperitoneum. We report a patient who was evaluated for diffuse peritonitis caused by perforated pyometra who was successfully treated with surgical intervention. Hindawi 2017 2017-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5357516/ /pubmed/28357145 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5213123 Text en Copyright © 2017 Benjamin A. Raymond and Christopher Esper. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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title_short Pneumoperitoneum Secondary to Spontaneously Perforated Pyometra
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5357516/
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