OBSTRUCTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINE BY CORPUS LUTEUM CYST

Abstract
The preoperative diagnosis of the cause of obstruction of the small intestine is often difficult. The following case illustrates an apparently unique cause of this condition. REPORT OF CASE A 46-year-old white woman admitted to New York Hospital in April, 1952, had had increasing cramp-like abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, and constipation for four days. The patient had undergone elsewhere the following seven major operations: in January, 1931, appendectomy and suspension of uterus; in January, 1934, bilateral salpingectomy and right oophorectomy; in August, 1937, incision and drainage of left kidney; in January, 1940, amputation of cervix and suspension of bladder; in March, 1949, subtotal gastric resection and cholecystectomy; in February, 1950, hysterectomy; and in April, 1951, left oophorectomy. Following the last operation, the patient had episodes of cramp-like abdominal pain, usually occurring once or twice a month and subsiding within 24 hours. There had been no diarrhea, bloody or

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