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Celo‐intestinal fistulae complicating advanced extra‐uterine pregnancy
Author(s) -
Emembolu J.O.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(89)90479-7
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , complication , etiology , peritonitis , uterine rupture , rectum , uterus , gynecology , obstetrics , surgery , genetics , biology
Multiple celo‐intestinal fistulae with the passage of fetal bones per rectum as a rare complication of advanced extra‐uterine pregnancy is presented. This was further complicated by a recent intra‐uterine pregnancy which culminated in obstructed labor and uterine rupture. The subsequent peritonitis was of etiological significance in the formation of the peritoneo‐ or celo‐intestinal fistulae.