Acute abdomen in ruptured interstitial pregnancy following unilateral salpingectomy.
Interstitial pregnancy is an infrequent type of ectopic pregnancy. Two cases of acute abdomen due to ruptured interstitial pregnancy following salpingectomy, a rare event, are presented. Both patients were young women who had had a previous salpingo-oophorectomy due to ovarian cyst. The presenting symptoms were in the first case abdominal pain followed by hemorrhagic shock, and in the second a right iliac fossa syndrome simulating acute appendicitis. Surgical intervention consisted of wedge resection of the uterine segment involved. A review of the literature and practical considerations are presented.
Iuchtman
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Department of Surgery A, Hillel Jaffe Government Hospital, Hadera, Israel.
Grunstein
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous