Re: Hemoperitoneum

From: Braun, R. Daniel (rbraun@iupui.edu)
Wed May 31 10:27:52 2000


Not with that kind of hemoperitoneum.

Dan

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-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Chambers [mailto:cchamber@alumni.rice.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:25 AM To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L Subject: Re: Hemoperitoneum

on 5/30/00 7:35 PM, rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com at rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com wrote:

> 16 yo hispanic G0 (10 previous partners, trying to get
> pregnant...another story all together) who was seen in the ER with
> pelvic pain for three days, abdominal pain and light headedness.
> She had a postive qualitative pregnancy and ultrasound showed
> bilateral adnexal masses and lots of free fluid, and a thickened
> endometrial stripe without an intrauterine pregnancy.
>
> Jeez......... if the case was that simple, I would not bother to list it.
> Please read on.
>
> At laparoscopy she had 350 cc clotted and non-clotted blood.
> Uterus and tubes were completely normal, left ovary was normal,
> and she was bleeding slowly from the right ovary. The surface
> epithelium looked as if it was pulled down and the expose corpus
> luteum was oozing. There was no evidence of peri-hepatic
> adhesions, TOAs, adhesions or PID, and I could not identify an
> ectopic pregnancy.
>
> I cauterized the HCL, and left the case. While in the PACU the lab
> called to say that while the qualitative hCG continued to be
> positive, the quantitative hCG was less than 2.0, essentially
> negative.
>
> They ran these tests three times each, using new packets/tests
> each time.
>
> So here is my question....why? My diagnosis is that of a
> hemorrhagic corpus luteal cyst, and no pregnancy. Any second
> opinions?
>
> Rick
>
> Richard Chudacoff, MD
> Chudacoff Obstetrics & Gynecology, PLLC
> 15200 Southwest Freeway # 270
> Sugar Land, TX 77478
> 281-277-3900
> 281-277-3901 fax
>
> rchudacoff@mylinuxisp.com
> Richard.Chudacoff@obgyn.net
>

rick, did you have a quant prior to surgery. btw, what happened with the bilateral adnexal masses. how did the sono describe them, and how large? I think you are probably correct in your final dx, but I'd be worried that you might have gone to the or for a false pos preg test, and erroneous ultrasound.

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