Massive hemoperitoneum from hemorrhagic corpus luteum in a patient with acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura

Esther Ifeoma Obi; Nkencho Osegi; Theodora Phiemueki Etu-Efeotor; Ogho Crosdale Pughikumo; Helen Toluhi; Olakunle Makinde

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2767

Massive hemoperitoneum from hemorrhagic corpus luteum in a patient with acquired amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Mar 7;8(4):719-721. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2767. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Authors

Esther Ifeoma Obi¹, Nkencho Osegi², Theodora Phiemueki Etu-Efeotor³, Ogho Crosdale Pughikumo³, Helen Toluhi², Olakunle Makinde²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Haematology Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa Nigeria.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Federal Medical Centre Yenagoa Nigeria.
³ Department of Haematology and Immunology College of Health Sciences Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Nigeria.

Abstract

Doctors should think of a spectrum of differential diagnoses in patients presenting with acute abdominal pain ranging from medical, surgical, and gynecological conditions. Proper laboratory and radiological tests including bone marrow study are advised.

Keywords: amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenic purpura; corpus luteum; corpus luteum hemorrhagium; hemoperitoneum; immune thrombocytopenic purpura; thrombocytopenia.

Publication types

Case Reports