title: Early spontaneous rupture of the post myomectomy gravid uterus.
abstract: Rupture of a pregnant uterus is a serious threat to the mother's life and her fetus. Most of these cases have predisposing factors of which a post myomectomy scar is rare. Rupture of a post myomectomy gravid uterus usually occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy or during labor. We present a case of a very early spontaneous rupture which occurred at the 20th week of gestation in a post myomectomy uterus. To the best of our knowledge no previous report of a ruptured myomectomy scarred uterus has been described at such an early stage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haifa Medical Center (Rothschild), Faculty of Medicien, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aharoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D010921:Placenta Accreta / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000209:etiology*