Massive Intraperitoneal Hemorrhage and Hypovolemic Shock due to Rupture of a Coronary Vessel of a Uterine Leiomyoma: A Report of Two Cases

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-222

  Akahira, Jun Ichi ^a,b   Ito, Kiyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Ryuji ^a   Yajima, Akira ^b  

^a Towada Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypovolemic shock; Intraperitoneal hemorrhage; Uterine fibroid; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; SHOCK; UTERUS CANCER; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SHOCK; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VEINS;

EID: 0032107232     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.185.217     Document Type: Article

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