title: Perforation of a pyometra mimicking a perforated peptic ulcer.
abstract: We report on a patient with a pyometra which leaked into the peritoneal cavity and was mistaken for a perforated peptic ulcer. There was no associated stenosis of the cervical canal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Skive Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Knudsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luckow
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D011247:Pregnancy; D013492:Suppuration / Q000175:diagnosis; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*