Open AccessRUPTURE OF RUDIMENTARY HORN OF UTERUS AT 16 WEEKS OF GESTATION
Author(s) -
Robina Ali,
Mahnaaz Roohi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2007.14.02.4898
Subject(s) - medicine , laparotomy , ectopic pregnancy , uterus , uterine rupture , pregnancy , gestation , abortion , uterine horns , complication , surgery , abdominal pain , obstetrics , french horn , gynecology , psychology , pedagogy , genetics , biology
Rupture of gravid uterus is a rare but serious obstetric complication. Rupture in primigravida in firstor second trimester generally occurs in mullerian anomalies. A 24-year-old, primigravida, at 16 weeks gestationpresented with dull, lower abdominal pain, and tachycardia. She underwent D&C for the presumptive diagnosis ofmissed abortion few days’ back. Chronic ectopic pregnancy was diagnosed on the basis of history & examination, andher laparotomy was planned. Upon laparotomy, right-sided ruptured ectopic pregnancy in rudimentary horn ofunicornuate uterus was found & ruptured horn was excised. The patient had uneventful recovery.