Rupture of a rudimentary horn at 16 weeks of gestation

A patient with acute abdomen at 16th week of gestation underwent an emergency laparotomy. At laparotomy two litres of fibrinated and free blood and a dead fetus with placenta was detected intraabdominally. The right ovary and tube was normal and the uterus was normal in size. There was a ruptured an...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and experimental investigations 2011-06, Vol.2 (2), p.219
Main Authors: Delibaş, İlhan Bahri, İsaoğlu, Ünal, Yılmaz, Mehmet, Kadanalı, Sedat
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A patient with acute abdomen at 16th week of gestation underwent an emergency laparotomy. At laparotomy two litres of fibrinated and free blood and a dead fetus with placenta was detected intraabdominally. The right ovary and tube was normal and the uterus was normal in size. There was a ruptured and actively bleeding uterine horn on the left side of the uterus. The ruptured uterine horn was excised with the left tube by preserving the left ovary. The patient recovered without any complications
ISSN:1309-6621
1309-6621
DOI:10.5799/ahinjs.01.2011.02.0243