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- A Picaud, S Bennani, L Mba Allo, G Mouely, A R Nlome-Nze, and N Ogowet-Igumu.
- Département de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Libreville, Gabon.
- J Gynecol Obst Bio R. 1990 Jan 1;19(4):441-5.
AbstractExtra-uterine pregnancy is the most common emergency in gynaecology and obstetrics in the Hospital Centre of Libreville, and the diagnosis of blood in the peritoneal cavity is synonymous with extra-uterine pregnancy. All the same, when the authors reviewed 429 cases of haemoperitoneum 17 were shown not to be due to ectopic pregnancy. Ruptures of ovarian cysts and uterine perforation from illegal abortions are often found but more rarely, have been rupture in the blind horn of a bicornuate uterus, choriocarcinoma in the tube, tubal bilharzia and thrombopenia due to AIDS. It is essential to carry out histological examination for the differential diagnosis between an ovarian pregnancy and a ruptured cyst as well as choriocarcinoma or bilharzia. If it is not possible to find the site of the bleeding even after looking underneath the mesocolon, a search must be made for coagulation disorders due to a virus such as HIV.
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