Large ovarian cyst as a cause of aortocaval compression

Aortocaval compression secondary to an ovarian cyst.

Ranitidine 150 mg was given orally as routine antacid treatment. Vascular preloading was with 1.0 litres of Hartmann's solution, and throughout this process the patient received 4007 oxygen in air via a face mask. The epidural space was cannulated at L2 -3 and correct placement of the catheter was confirmed with 3 ml of 0.5% bupivacaine plain. A further 10 ml was injected with the patient sitti...

A Large Ovarian Cyst

Large Ovarian Hemorrhagic Cyst and Immune Thrombocytopenia as Early Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Hematologic abnormali"es are generally present among systemic lupus erythematosus pa"ents. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura can be the first manifesta"on of SLE, followed by other symptoms and signs of disease appearing several years later. Although bleeding due to immune thrombocytopenic purpura is usually mild and occurs in mucocutaneous surfaces, but it may be severe and represent in u...

A Large Monolocular Ovarian Cyst

Removal of a Large Ovarian Cyst

A woman, aged about 30 years, was admitted into the Mrs. Smart Victory Hospital on 241 h June, 1935, for the enlargement of the abdomen, of about three years' duration: the swelling occupied the whole abdomen from the symphysis pubis to the xiphisternum, the measurement at the level of the umbilicus being 70 inches: she said that it first began in the left iliacregion and that she was tapped tw...