Use of intrauterine balloon tamponade in successful conservative management of life threatening menorrhagia in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and severe anemia
Abstract:A 45-year-old woman was brought into the emergency ward of a tertiary care hospital. The patient gave a history of excess bleeding and passage of clots per vaginum since the past 15 days. The patient had a history of severe headaches, body ache, giddiness and vomiting. She was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and severe anemia six months before this incidence. The authors performed a diagnostic pelvic and transvaginal ultrasound and reported the presence of uterine fibroids. They determ… Show more
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