Pelvic Cellulitis

Remarks on Pelvic Peritonitis and Pelvic Cellulitis, with Illustrative Cases

Rather more than a year ago there appeared from the pen of a well-known gynaecologist of this city a very able monograph on the two forms of pelvic inflammation whose names head this article; and it cannot have escaped the recollection of the reader that Dr M. Duncan, adopting the nomenclature first proposed by Virchow, has used different terms on his title-page * than those older appellations ...

Case of Pelvic Cellulitis Followed by Peritonitis

solicitude. One of the most dangerous consequences of such an accident is inflammation, which frequently occurs, and which, in this case, proved the cause of the patient's death. The patient is generally found suffering from haemorrhage, with the placenta left in the uterus. Mrs , set. 32, was born in Edinburgh, of healthy parents, who lived to an advanced age. She had had six children and seve...

A Case of Pelvic Cellulitis Causing Retention of Urine

strual discharge for the last three months, and thinking herself to be pregnant, she went to a native dliye (nurse) to have herself examined. The dliye examined her and assured her that she was not pregnant, but that owing to some internal disease the catamenia was suppressed, and in order to reproduce them she gavo the patient some soft paste-like stuff to put around the uterus. This produced ...

Norplant™ Cellulitis

A 23-year-old woman presented to her gynecologist’s ofrice with a complaint of redness and tenderness at the site of her Norplan(TM, inserted 2 years prior. One week prior to presentation she had lacerated her fingertip while diving in the Bahamas (Fig. 1). Examination revealed erythema and tenderness overlying the NorplantTM site (Fig. 2). A course of orally administered trimethoprim/sulfameth...

Facial Cellulitis