Open AccessA Ruputured Left Cornual Pregnancy: A Case Report
Author(s) -
S M Surekha,
T Chamaraja,
N Nabakishore,
Bimolchandra Singh N,
T S Neeraja
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/5644.3154
Subject(s) - medicine , exploratory laparotomy , gestation , ectopic pregnancy , laparotomy , pregnancy , shock (circulatory) , obstetrics , surgery , radiology , genetics , biology
A cornual gestation is one of the most hazardous types of ectopic gestations, which accounts for 2 - 4% of all the ectopic pregnancies and it has a mortality rate which is 6 - 7 times higher than that of the ectopics in general. The diagnosis and the treatment of such a pregnancy is challenging and it constitutes an urgent medical situation. Because of the myometrial stretch ability, they tend to present relatively late, at 7 - 12 weeks of gestation. A significant maternal haemorrhage which can lead to hypovolaemia and shock, can rapidly result from a cornual rupture. We are reporting a case of 28 year old woman who presented to the emergency obstetrical room in a state of hypovolaemic shock. The diagnosis of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy was confirmed in view of the history of 10 weeks of amenorrhoea, with a positive urine pregnancy test. She was shifted for emergency exploratory laparotomy. Intraoperatively, we encountered a left lateral wall ruptured uterus with a 10 week old foetus in the peritoneal cavity, which suggested a left cornual ectopic pregnancy which had ended up as a catastrophic event. A cornual resection and repair was done successfully.