title: [Pregnancy-related, rarely-seen spontaneous lumbar artery rupture].
abstract: Some arterial aneurysm ruptures can be seen during pregnancy. However, spontaneous rupture of the lumbar artery in pregnancy are very rare. In that manuscript we present a 22 year old female who is 8 months pregnant, seen at a peripheral hospital for suspicion of placenta decolmant. When the fetal heart sounds were missed, the patient was transported to our hospital. We reoperated on her as an emergency. We found that a spontaneous rupture of the lumbar artery.
authors.affiliation: SSK Göztepe Eğitim Hastanesi 1. Cerrahi Kliniği.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iskender
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ergün
authors.forename: Fuat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ipekçi
authors.forename: Ozgür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yener
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery