PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - K. P. Wong
AU  - P. G. Gillett
TI  - Recurrent hemorrhage from corpus luteum during anticoagulant therapy
DP  - 1977 Feb 19
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 388--390
VI  - 116
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/116/4/388.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/116/4/388.full
SO  - CMAJ1977 Feb 19; 116
AB  - A 43-year old woman had recurrent massive intraperitoneal hemorrhage from rupture of a hemorrhagic corpus luteum in two successive menstrual cycles while receiving anticoagulant therapy. Left oophorectomy was performed on the first occasion and right salpingo-oophorectomy with left salpingectomy on the second. While the precise incidence cannot be determined, rupture from a hemorrhagic corpus luteum appears to be a rare but potentially catastrophic complication of anticoagulant therapy. Hence possible ovarian hemorrhage should be considered in women of reproductive age receiving heparin or sodium warfarin therapy.