Rupture of coliform pyosalpinx in a nine-year old girl

Zentralbl Gynakol. 2002 Apr;124(4):220-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2002-32429.

Abstract

The authors report on an atypical clinical picture of an acute abdomen syndrome caused by the rupture of an atypically located pyosalpinx in a 9-year old girl.A perforated right-sided pyosalpinx was found at two locations, firmly adhering to a vesicouterine excavation. Right-sided salpingectomy, appendectomy, pelvic cavity lavage and drainage of the Douglas cavity were performed. The pathohistology indicated a perforated pyosalpinx and catarrhal appendicitis. On bacteriological analysis, Escherichia coli was isolated from the vaginal discharge and from the pus collected from the small pelvis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Appendectomy
  • Appendicitis / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fallopian Tube Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Fallopian Tube Diseases / surgery*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Treatment Outcome