RUPTURE OF CORPUS LUTEUM WITH PRODUCTION OF HEMOPERITONEUM
- 8 December 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 147 (15) , 1420-1424
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1951.03670320020009
Abstract
Hemoperitoneum resulting from rupture of a corpus luteum is not an uncommon condition, although the total number of cases reported in the literature is relatively small. In the majority of these cases erroneous preoperative diagnoses, such as acute appendicitis, ruptured extrauterine pregnancy, and salpingitis, were made. Morton,1 in 1931, collected 26 cases of ruptured corpus luteum and found that in all of them the condition had been misdiagnosed. In none of the 11 cases of ruptured corpus luteum reported by Kretzschmar and Arnell,2 in 1936, was the condition recognized preoperatively. Likewise, an erroneous diagnosis was made in the 10 cases of bleeding corpus luteum reported by Israel,3 in 1937, as well as in the 15 cases reported by Pecman4 and the 12 cases reported by Weil.5 In our series, of 19 cases, a correct diagnosis was established in only one. This preponderant error in diagnosisKeywords
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