Successful laparoscopic management of acute abdominal pain due to spontaneous rupture of subserosal vessels overlying a uterine fibroid: a case report and surgical video

• Main Authors: Toshimitsu Maemura (Author), Shigeru Fujita (Author), Noriko Morita (Author), Keiichi Furusawa (Author), Kayo Mitamura (Author), Kenji Nishizawa (Author), Kuniaki Ota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute abdomen comprises several emergencies. Hemoperitoneum associated with uterine fibroids, which can present as acute abdominal pain, is rare and difficult to diagnose. Especially, spontaneous hemorrhage from the rupture of the superficial vessels overlying a uterine fibroid i...