title: [Peritonitis secondary to perforated pyometra in a patient with cervical cancer: report of a case].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saleh Mata
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Martínez Velasco
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: González Chávez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Román González
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tirado Saldívar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013492:Suppuration; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*