title: [Gynaecological pelvic mass. Emergency clinical assessment].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The authors report the gynaecological pathology of surgical interest occurring in an Emergency Department in the first half of 2000 and occasionally found during an operation in women who presented a pelvic mass or abdominal pain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six women, average age of 50 years, reached the Emergency Department: five of them were operated with an emergency procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 6 cases, 1 patient was affected by uterine mass, 1 by uterine-ovarian mass and 3 by ovarian mass; in one patient, affected by ovarian tumour, another intervention was necessary for intestinal metastasis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors have considered the clinical aspect of the abdominal masses, the age of the patients, the diagnostic laboratory and instrumental implications, the surgical approach and the histological result, referring to literature. Their contribution is related to the need for an appropriate surgical approach in emergency where it may, sometimes, solve or, at least, stabilize an uncertain clinical case, thanks to the implicit basic knowledge of multidisciplinary surgical technique.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e Pronto Soccorso, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zuccon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caputo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faccini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gambini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonandrini
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002296:Carcinosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018282:Cystadenocarcinoma, Mucinous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004630:Emergencies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007813:Laparotomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D018200:Mixed Tumor, Mullerian / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000209:etiology; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor