title: Incarceration of the appendix complicating a uterine perforation following surgical abortion: CT aspects.
abstract: A 39-year-old patient was evaluated for pelvic pain and infection following a surgical abortion performed via aspiration curettage. A pelvic computed tomography (CT) revealed an invagination of fat in the uterine wall accompanied by an abscess in the rectouterine pouch. Laparoscopic exploration revealed an incarcerated cecal appendix within the myometrium with necrosis of the appendiceal base as the culprit. A posteriori, CT multiplanar reconstruction allowed identification of the incarcerated appendix within the myometrium. To our knowledge, this CT description is the only case described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital Archet 2, 151 route de Saint Antoine de Ginestière, B.P. 3079, 06202, Nice, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dignac
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novellas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fournol
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caramella
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bafghi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevallier
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D001065:Appendix; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media