Perforative Peritonitis-Gastrointestinal Tract May Not Always Be the Source.
| Autor: | Desai AY; Department of Surgery, B K L Walawalkar Hospital and Research Centre, Shree Kshetra Dervan, Ratnagiri, Maharastra 415606 India., Palande B; Department of Surgery, B K L Walawalkar Hospital and Research Centre, Shree Kshetra Dervan, Ratnagiri, Maharastra 415606 India., Dhabolkar S; Department of Surgery, B K L Walawalkar Hospital and Research Centre, Shree Kshetra Dervan, Ratnagiri, Maharastra 415606 India., Pai VD; Department of Surgery, B K L Walawalkar Hospital and Research Centre, Shree Kshetra Dervan, Ratnagiri, Maharastra 415606 India. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The Indian journal of surgery [Indian J Surg] 2017 Apr; Vol. 79 (2), pp. 160-162. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Feb 29. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12262-016-1460-7 |
| Abstrakt: | Perforative peritonitis is the most common surgical emergency in general surgical practice. Gastrointestinal perforation is the etiology in the vast majority of the patients. However, occasionally, other rare causes may be encountered. One such cause of peritonitis is spontaneous perforation of non-gravid uterus. Uterine perforation is a potential complication of any intrauterine procedure and may be associated with injury to surrounding blood vessels or viscera such as the urinary bladder or intestine. Spontaneous uterine perforation is rare and less than 50 cases have been reported in the English literature. We are presenting two such cases of spontaneous perforation of the uterus in elderly postmenopausal women which presented with generalized peritonitis and were clinically indistinguishable from gastrointestinal perforation. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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