An unusual source of massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage during cardio-pulmonary bypass.
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage occurring while on cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) is a rare and potentially lethal event during coronary artery bypass procedures. We herein report an unusual case in which massive intra-abdominal bleeding during CPB originated from a previously undiagnosed ovarian tumor, leading to acute anemization and hemodynamic instability and requiring emergency gynecologic surgery.
Di Pietrantonio
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Division of Heart Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. fabriziodipietrantonio@virgilio.it
Gaudino
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Piancone
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Luciani
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Glieca
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Possati
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D000368:Aged; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery