{"pk":1643,"title":"Ruptured Ovarian Artery Aneurysm in a Postmenopausal Female: Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<b>Introduction: </b>Ovarian artery aneurysm is a rare diagnosis, primarily associated with late pregnancy and the postpartum period. It can cause life-threatening hemorrhage when ruptured. Even more rare are ovarian artery aneurysms in postmenopausal women.<br><p><b>Case Report:</b> We present a case of a postmenopausal female presenting to the emergency department with flank pain. Point-of-care ultrasound showed free fluid in the abdomen. She was diagnosed with an ovarian artery aneurysm on computed tomography angiography and treated successfully with embolization.</p><p></p><p><b><b>Conclusion:</b> </b>Ruptured ovarian artery aneurysm is an uncommon cause of intra-abdominal hemorrhage in women.</p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"intra-abdominal hemorrhage"},{"word":"ovarian artery"},{"word":"aneurysm"},{"word":"case report"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3161x6j9","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Raj","middle_name":"","last_name":"Patel","name_suffix":"","institution":"Riverside University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Moreno Valley, California","department":""},{"first_name":"Amy","middle_name":"","last_name":"Russell","name_suffix":"","institution":"Riverside University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Moreno Valley, California","department":""},{"first_name":"Melanie","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Randall","name_suffix":"","institution":"Riverside University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Moreno Valley, California","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2023-08-28T19:41:13.392000Z","date_accepted":"2023-10-22T07:53:20.462000Z","date_published":"2024-03-25T13:00:00Z","render_galley":{"label":"Final Article","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1643/galley/10283/download/"},"galleys":[{"label":"Layout","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1643/galley/3830/download/"},{"label":"Final Article","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1643/galley/10283/download/"}]}