Acute post-traumatic dermoid peritonitis: A rare entity

Sami Fendri; Haitham Rejab; Ayman Trigui; Bassem Abid; Youssef Majdoub; Ahmed Bouzid; Kais Fourati; Salah Boujelbene

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6477

Acute post-traumatic dermoid peritonitis: A rare entity

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Oct 17;10(10):e6477. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6477. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Sami Fendri^{1

2}, Haitham Rejab^{1

2}, Ayman Trigui^{1

2}, Bassem Abid^{2

3}, Youssef Majdoub^{1

2}, Ahmed Bouzid^{1

2}, Kais Fourati^{1

2}, Salah Boujelbene^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ General Surgery Department Habib Bourguiba Hospital Sfax Tunisia.
² Sfax Medical School University of Sfax Sfax Tunisia.
³ Departement of Anatomy Sfax Medical School Sfax Tunisia.

Abstract

Rupture of ovarian dermoid-cyst is rare case. We report the case of a woman admitted for acute post-traumatic abdominal pain due to ruptured ovarian cyst. The patient was operated and we found a very abundant peritoneal effusion with left ovarian cyst which was broken. we performed a left adnexectomy.

Keywords: dermoid; ovarian cyst; peritonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports