Blunt abdominal trauma with ruptured 16-week cornual ectopic pregnancy.
Trauma is the leading cause of nonobstetric morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Care of the pregnant trauma patient is well documented in the medical literature; however, little has been written about the management of trauma patients with ectopic or cornual pregnancy. Herein, we report the previously undocumented occurrence of a traumatic rupture of a cornual ectopic pregnancy. The use of trauma ultrasound, computerized tomography, as well as obstetrical evaluation prevented an imminent life-threatening complication of this patient's pregnancy.
Vorhies
Robert W
RW
Department of Surgery, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Waswick
William A
WA
Delmore
James E
JE
Dort
Jonathan M
JM
Shaw
John W
JW
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*