title: Hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of ovarian adenocarcinoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 65-year-old woman who was treated with low-molecular-weight heparin and suffered spontaneous rupture of an ovarian cystadenocarcinoma. We present the computed tomography findings and make a review of the literature. Spontaneous hemoperitoneum is an infrequent complication of ovarian neoplasms and, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first-described case report of peritoneal bleeding secondary to a cystadenocarcinoma in the recent English literature.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, Spain. anton.casal.rodriguez@sergas.es
authors.forename: Anton X
authors.initials: AX
authors.lastname: Casal Rodriguez
authors.forename: Sabela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanchez Trigo
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferreira Gonzalez
authors.forename: Soledad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brage Gomez
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology*; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight