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An 81-year-old woman presented with uterine procedentia and incomplete bladder emptying. She initially experienced significant relief of her symptoms with a pessary but developed chronic vaginal bleeding and discharge. She subsequently underwent a LeFort colpocleisis. She presented to the office 7 weeks later complaining of a persistent vaginal discharge and loss of appetite. She was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with a pyometra and underwent a supracervical hysterectomy without complications.
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Toglia, M.R., Fagan, M.J. Pyometra complicating a LeFort colpocleisis. Int Urogynecol J 20, 361–362 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-008-0710-z
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