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Hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of ovarian adenocarcinoma

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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.

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  1. Radiology Department, Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, Spain

    Anton X. Casal Rodriguez & Soledad Brage Gomez

  2. Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, Spain

    Sabela Sanchez Trigo & Lucia Ferreira Gonzalez

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Casal Rodriguez, A.X., Sanchez Trigo, S., Ferreira Gonzalez, L. et al. Hemoperitoneum due to spontaneous rupture of ovarian adenocarcinoma. Emerg Radiol 18, 267–269 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-010-0929-0

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