title: Sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings of pelvic abscess following uterine perforation sustained during office endometrial sampling.
abstract: Pipelle endometrial sampling, an outpatient, office-based procedure, provides comparative successful endometrial sampling in comparison with other techniques including conventional dilatation and curettage. We present an unusual occurrence in which office Pipelle endometrial sampling in a perimenopausal patient was complicated 10 days later by lower abdominal pain and intermittent fever. Sonography depicted findings consistent with a large pelvic abscess overriding the uterine fundus. Sonography and magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the presence of the unusual pelvic abscess and, in addition, noted findings consistent with perforation of the uterus during endometrial sampling.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Ovadia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abulafia
authors.forename: Tana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Ghadir
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salame
authors.forename: Kathrine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Economos
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serur
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zinn
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokolovkski
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Sherer
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001706:Biopsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004717:Endometrium / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010388:Pelvis; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology