CASE REPORTS  CARDIAC SECTION 

The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2001 August;42(4):499-500

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language: English

An unusual source of massive intra-abdominal hemorrhage during cardio-pulmonary bypass

Di Pietrantonio F., Gaudino M., Piancone F., Luciani N., Glieca F., Possati G. F.

From the Chair of Heart Surgery Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

Intra-abdom­inal hem­or­rhage occur­ring ­while on ­cardio-pul­mo­nary ­bypass (CPB) is a ­rare and poten­tially ­lethal ­event ­during cor­o­nary ­artery ­bypass pro­ce­dures. We ­herein ­report an ­unusual ­case in ­which mas­sive ­intra-abdo­minal ­bleeding ­during CPB orig­i­nated ­from a pre­vi­ously undi­ag­nosed ­ovarian ­tumor, ­leading to ­acute anem­iza­tion and hemo­dy­namic ­instability and ­requiring emer­gency gyne­co­logic sur­gery.