Internal herniation through the broad ligament is extremely rare. We report a case in which radiologic examinations including computed tomography (CT) were performed. A strangulated loop in the Douglas fossa was well-demonstrated by CT. CT can provide some clues to the diagnosis of this condition.
We report herein a rare case of spontaneously perforated pyometra found in a 72-year-old woman who was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain and vomiting. A distended abdomen with muscular rigidity, a positive Blumberg sign, and a WBC count of 11,900/mm3 indicated diffuse peritonitis, although a plain abdominal X-ray film revealed no free air in the peritoneal cavity. An emergency laparotomy was performed, which revealed a lot of pus, and perforation in the fundus of a distended uterus. The patient was therefore diagnosed as having suffered uterine perforation associating with a pyometra, and a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was carried out. Histological examination revealed a pyometra with inflammation and destruction of the endometrium and myometrium, and cervical occlusion with no evidence of malignancy. Postoperatively, the patient developed a subcutaneous abscess and pneumonia, but recovered and was discharged on the 74th day after her operation. Thus, although rare, spontaneously perforated pyometra should be considered when elderly women present with acute abdominal symptoms.
Common bile duct stones were demonstrated as high-density objects on CT in 22 of 45 cases. About 96% of the remaining cases (22 of 23) exhibited other abnormal CT findings which included common bile duct dilatation, concomitant gallbladder stones, and/or presence of intraductal air. CT is a useful diagnostic modality in the elevation of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis.
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