title: A ruputured left cornual pregnancy: a case report.
abstract: A cornual gestation is one of the most hazardous types of ectopic gestations, which accounts for 2 - 4% of all the ectopic pregnancies and it has a mortality rate which is 6 - 7 times higher than that of the ectopics in general. The diagnosis and the treatment of such a pregnancy is challenging and it constitutes an urgent medical situation. Because of the myometrial stretch ability, they tend to present relatively late, at 7 - 12 weeks of gestation. A significant maternal haemorrhage which can lead to hypovolaemia and shock, can rapidly result from a cornual rupture. We are reporting a case of 28 year old woman who presented to the emergency obstetrical room in a state of hypovolaemic shock. The diagnosis of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy was confirmed in view of the history of 10 weeks of amenorrhoea, with a positive urine pregnancy test. She was shifted for emergency exploratory laparotomy. Intraoperatively, we encountered a left lateral wall ruptured uterus with a 10 week old foetus in the peritoneal cavity, which suggested a left cornual ectopic pregnancy which had ended up as a catastrophic event. A cornual resection and repair was done successfully.
authors.affiliation: Junior Resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences , Imphal, Manipur-795004, India .
authors.forename: Surekha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: S M
authors.forename: Chamaraja
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: T
authors.forename: Nabakishore
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh N
authors.forename: Bimolchandra
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Singh N
authors.forename: Neeraja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: T S
keywords: Cornual pregnancy; Ectopic; Resection