Peritonitis secondary to perforated pyometra in a patient with cervical cancer: report of a case

Saleh Mata, G.; Martínez Velasco, I.G.; González Chávez, A.O.; Román González, M.; Tirado Saldívar, A.

Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 66: 389-391

1998


ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041
PMID: 9789413
Document Number: 490193
We describe a clinical case of a postmenopausal woman with a perforated pyometra with clinical manifestations of generalized peritonitis. In the English literature there are 15 reported cases and only 2 secondary to cancer of cervix, our case in the 3rd. case reported in detail. We make pertinent considerations regarding the management of this extremely rare complication.

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