Pulmonary edema: a complication of local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy.

OBJECTIVE

To report a case of pulmonary edema after local injection of vasopressin at laparoscopy.

SETTING

University teaching hospital.

PATIENT: A 24-year-old woman who underwent a laparoscopic myomectomy.

INTERVENTION: Injection of vasopressin (10 mL of 0.5 U/mL) into the uterine wall overlying the myoma.

RESULTS

Bradycardia, atrioventricular block, and pulmonary edema.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of vasopressin can be associated with severe cardiopulmonary complications.