Aborto séptico: síndrome de Mondor

the case of a 21-year-old patient with 12 weeks of gestation that was candidate to pharmacological abortion with misoprostol, according to the protocol of the abortion service of “dr. carlos j finlay ” central military hospital , and to the method established to this end, was presented. as it failed, it was decided to perform abortion. a fetus with necrobiosis signs was extracted, and antibiotic treatment was indicated. vaginal bleeding started one hour later with hemodynamic consequences associated with a consumption coagulopathy with important haemolysis that required obstetrical hysterectomy and referring her to the icu. the patient died in less than 24 hours with a picture of multiorgan failure. pathologic anatomy evidenced the presence of cane-shaped gram-positive bacteria, compatible with clostridium perfringes . mondor's syndrome diagnosis was concluded.