title: Abdominal compartment syndrome due to a giant multilobulated ovarian serous cystadenoma. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The Authors report a case of abdominal compartment syndrome due to a giant ovarian serous cystadenoma. Despite of the relief of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAP: 16 mmHg), mild symptomatology (clinostatic dyspnea) lead to defer the emergency surgical treatment; after CT scan of abdomen and pelvis was performed a resection en bloc of the cystic mass, oophorectomy and cholecystectomy. However it seems advisable to perform an emergency laparotomy in patients with abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) grade II when presenting as an acute abdomen.
authors.affiliation: General Surgery Unit, Lucera Hospital, ASL, Foggia, Italy. domenico.merlicco@tin.it
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Merlicco
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roggia
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lattanzio
authors.forename: Rinaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marzaioli
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nacchiero
mesh_terms: D018293:Cystadenoma, Serous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059325:Intra-Abdominal Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology