OVARIAN ABSCESS FOLLOWING PUNCTURE OF AN ENDOMETRIOMA DURING ULTRASOUND-GUIDED OOCYTE RETRIEVAL

A 34-year-old white female patient with 11 years of primary infertilit y due to endometriosis underwent ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval fo r in-vitro fertilization. A right ovarian endometrioma was aspirated d uring oocyte retrieval. Two weeks after follicular aspiration, the pat ient developed acute abdominal pain and operative laparoscopy revealed a ruptured right ovarian abscess. She responded to laparoscopic drain age and intravenous antibiotics. The patient conceived during that cyc le and has a single ongoing pregnancy.