Clinics in diagnostic imaging (199). Pyometra.

Author: Wei Ming Ian TAY ¹ ; Manickam SUBRAMANIAN ¹ ; Dinesh CHINCHURE ² ; Shi Xian Shawn KOK ¹
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1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: endometritis; infection; postmenopausal bleeding; pyometra
From:Singapore medical journal 2019;60(9):487-490
CountrySingapore
Language:English
Abstract: A 92-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with urinary symptoms, fever and suprapubic tenderness. Her inflammatory markers were raised. Urine and blood cultures were negative. Computed tomography performed to look for a source of sepsis showed distension of the uterine cavity with high-attenuation fluid, an air-fluid level and gas locules along the uterine wall. The causes, clinical presentation and imaging features of pyometra are discussed.