title: [A pregnant woman with spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery].
abstract: Pregnant women with acute abdominal pain are a clinical challenge. We present a rare but potential life-threatening condition of a pregnant woman with acute abdominal pain. The woman was in gestational week 37 with severe abdominal pain and was admitted to the labour ward. She became haemo-dynamic instable 24 hours after vaginal delivery, and emergency laparotomi revealed a spontaneous rupture of the right uterine artery. Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery is rare but should be considered as a possible cause of acute abdominal pain in pregnant women.
authors.affiliation: Gynækologisk/obstetrisk Afdeling, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegård Allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre. fjolaj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Fjòla
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jònsdòttir
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinborg
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilken-Jensen
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055988:Uterine Artery