BACKGROUND Unilateral lower abdominal pain and/or sciatic nerve pain is a common presentation in the elderly population. The prevalence of broad ligament leiomyoma is <1 % with the prevalence declining after the menopause and it is rare for broad ligament leiomyomas to be clinically significant. Thus, we highlight a case of symptomatic broad ligament leiomyoma in a postmenopausal woman whose sy...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Broad ligament haemorrhage in peripartum mares is a life-threatening disease and there are few reports on the aetiology and pathogenesis of broad ligament haematoma. OBJECTIVES To obtain information regarding the sites for the early diagnosis and pathogenesis of broad ligament haematoma of mares. METHODS Thirty-one mares that died of broad ligament haematoma per...

Patient was able to stand and walk a little with help, but spent most of her time in a semirecumbent position, propped up with pillows. Could not rise without assistance, and had not been able to lie down without imminent risk and fear of suffocation for some time. / Her history showed that she had given birth to two children, one 16 years ago and the second 10 years later. For the past two yea...

Haematomas in various body organs have been reported following snake bites. We report the case of a post-menopausal woman who presented with a broad ligament haematoma diagnosed two days after a viper bite which required blood transfusion and laparotomy. This rare possibility should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a woman presenting with a lower abdominal or pelvic mass, anaemia ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE We present the case of a female patient 29 years of age with antecedents of laparoscopic laser ablation for endometriosis, laparoscopic appendectomy, and umbilical hernioplasty. METHODS The patient was admitted to the hospital's emergency room for abdominal pain in the epigastrium, transfixing, irradiating to both upper quadrants and to the lumbar region, accompanied ...