title: Type I von Willebrand's disease presenting as recurrent corpus hemorrhagicum.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Female patients with undiagnosed von Willebrand's disease may present with heavy menorrhagia. This is a case report of a patient with undiagnosed von Willebrand's disease presenting with recurrent corpus hemorrhagicum.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nulliparous woman presented with her second episode of hemoperitoneum secondary to a ruptured corpus hemorrhagicum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with recurrent corpus hemorrhagicum may be at risk for von Willebrand's disease even if no history of menorrhagia or bleeding disorder exists.
authors.affiliation: Norton Womens Group, Rome, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Raymond R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Jarvis
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Olsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*