Open AccessThe Combination of Pregnancy and Acute Salpingitis in a Case of Uterus Didelphys
Author(s) -
Andersen Erik Søgaard,
Nielsen Gunner Lauge
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348809004194
Subject(s) - uterus didelphys , medicine , salpingitis , laparotomy , pregnancy , obstetrics , uterus , abdominal pain , gynecology , uterine rupture , acute abdominal pain , pelvic pain , surgery , biology , genetics
. A pregnant woman, with a uterus didelphys, developed abdominal pain. Laparotomy disclosed a severe infection of the tube of the non‐pregnant horn. The diagnosis of acute salpingitis should be considered when a patient with a uterus didelphys develops unilateral abdominal pain. The present case seems to prove the blocking effect of an intra‐uterine pregnancy on an ascending infection.