Spontaneous rupture of unscarred gravid uterus.
Rupture of gravid uterus during pregnancy is a rare entity. Overall incidence of rupture of uterus during pregnancy is 0.07%. The maternal and fetal prognoses are bad especially when the rupture occurs in an unscarred uterus. Fortunately, the sole major risk factor of spontaneous rupture of unscarred uterus is preventable, which is "multiparity." In this article, we report the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child because of spontaneous rupture of unscarred uterus.
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India.
Kolala S
KS
Gurudut
Hareesh S
HS
Gouda
Sunil C
SC
Aramani
Raju H
RH
Patil
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D020073:Gravidity; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000473:pathology*