Point-of-care Ultrasonography of a Rare Cause of Hemoperitoneum.

Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med

SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, New York.

Published: November 2018

A young woman presented to the emergency department with lethargy, hemodynamic instability, and diffuse abdominal tenderness. On point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), she was found to have intraperitoneal free fluid and a large pelvic mass, which were discovered intraoperatively to be hemoperitoneum due to ruptured vessels of a uterine leiomyoma. Although rare, a life-threatening, ruptured leiomyoma may be treated surgically if recognized in an expedient fashion. A PoCUS can aid the emergency clinician in prompt diagnosis.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230347PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.7.38210DOI Listing

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