Successful outcome after antepartum expulsion of placenta and fetus into the abdominal cavity; a case report.
Spontaneous rupture of the uterus before labour is a rare event associated with a high incidence of maternal and fetal death. We report a case of spontaneous uterine rupture at 34 weeks' gestation in a patient's second pregnancy. The case is unusual because both the mother and baby survived despite the expulsion of the placenta with the fetus into the abdominal cavity prior to laparotomy.
Turner
M J
MJ
National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Robson
M S
MS
MacDonald
D
D
Stronge
J M
JM
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000209:etiology*