Perimortem surgical intervention in cardiorespiratory arrest secondary to ruptured ovarian neoplasm.
Perimortem caesarean section is the intervention of choice for unresponsive cardiorespiratory arrest during the third trimester of pregnancy. We present a case of emergent surgical intervention in an arrested patient with an abdominopelvic mass, which revealed a ruptured granulosa cell ovarian neoplasm with haemoperitoneum.
Kaye
Philip
P
Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol BS2 8HW, UK. philip_bath@hotmail.com
Joels
Lisa A
LA
Lloyd
Gavin
G
Mills
Martin S
MS
D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006106:Granulosa Cell Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous