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Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
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: 716-719, 2021.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-916517
RESUMO
Pyometra is a rare clinical entity, leading to life-threatening complications, such as perforation of the uterus and peritonitis, when the diagnosis is delayed. Emergency department physicians should take into consideration whether older women have a fever and abdominal pain. Early surgical drainage and the diagnosis of pyometra should be confirmed. An 89-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department because of fever and general fatigue. We reported a clinical case of a postmenopausal woman with a large pyometra, which was misdiagnosed as a distended bladder filled with urine.