Life-threatening haemoperitoneum secondary to rupture of simple ovarian cyst

Christiane Nyhsen, Nyhsen C, Mahmood SU, Syed Umair Mahmood
BMJ case reports · 2014 · vol. 2014 · doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-205061 · PMID:25425248 · PMC4248109
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A 30-year-old woman experienced life-threatening haemoperitoneum from a ruptured simple ovarian cyst, managed successfully with diathermy to stop active bleeding.

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A 30-year-old woman with no significant medical or family history presented with epigastric pain radiating to the right shoulder tip. She had an acute drop of haemoglobin within 6 h of admission. She was found to be actively bleeding from a ruptured simple ovarian cyst with no other pathology found. Bleeding was stopped by diathermy.

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Hemoperitoneum Ovarian Cysts Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Adult Diagnosis, Differential Electrocoagulation Female Hemoperitoneum Hemoperitoneum Hemoperitoneum Humans Ovarian Cysts Rupture, Spontaneous Rupture, Spontaneous

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