Open AccessSuccessful Term Pregnancy in a Second Trimester Female with Urosepsis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Vineet Mishra,
Rajesh Agarwal,
Nilesh Goraniya,
Sumesh Choudhary,
Rohina Aggarwal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12932.6155
Subject(s) - pyonephrosis , medicine , pregnancy , hydronephrosis , obstetrics , urinary system , second trimester , bacteriuria , pyuria , fetus , nephrectomy , kidney , biology , genetics
Urolithiasis means calculus in urinary system. It is a rare condition in pregnancy which can have devastating results for the mother in the form of pyonephrosis and septicaemia and to the foetus in the form of IUGR and prematurity. This is a rare case report of a 27-year old female patient who presented with perinephric abscess and hydronephrosis at 22 weeks of pregnancy. With proper evaluation and management, pregnancy continued till term with good perinatal outcome.