title: An unusual source of massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage during cardio-pulmonary bypass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Heart Surgery, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. fabriziodipietrantonio@virgilio.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Pietrantonio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaudino
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piancone
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Luciani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Glieca
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Possati
mesh_terms: 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