Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Adeoye TO

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• Case Report
  Acute Gynaecological Abdomen Secondary to Pyomyoma: A Case Report
  Author(s): Adeoye TO, Abdul MA, Bawa US, Madugu N, Ayanwuyi S and Umaru Sule HAdeoye TO, Abdul MA, Bawa US, Madugu N, Ayanwuyi S and Umaru Sule H
  
  Pyomyoma is a fatal complication of leiomyoma with a high morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis is usually difficult because of its insidious presentation, lack of clinical localizing findings and reported imaging. This report documents a case of ruptured pyomyoma following an abortal process causing peritonitis. Intravenous antibiotics were administered and the infected myoma was removed surgically without recourse to hysterectomy. There should be a high index of suspicion of pyomyoma particularly in septic patients with leiomyoma and those with a risk of uterine infection. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000595

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