Introduction:Cornual pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. Insterstitial pregnancies account for 2-4% of ectopic pregnancies and 20% of cases that advances beyond 12 wks of gestation ends in rupture 1 . As pregnancy location is within the myometrium there is greater room for expansion and rupture occurs characteristically during the fourth or fifth gestation 2 . It is very difficult to make a diagnosis of cornual pregnancy before rupture. We report a case where cornual pregnancy was diagnosed at 17 weeks of gestation after uterus rupture and profuse intraabdominal heamorrhage.
Case Report:A 22 yrs old lady admitted in our hospital with history of severe abdominal pain and sweating for 5 hours at 17 weeks of gestation. . Her temperature recorded 96 0 F, pulse rate was 115 beats/min and blood pressure was 80/50 mm Hg. The lower abdomen
A Ruptured Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy at 17 WeeksGestation : A Case Report KHAN MI a Here , we report a case where cornual pregnancy was diagnosed at 17 weeks of gestation after uterine rupture and profound haemorrhage . The patient underwent laparotomy followed by cornual resection with salpingectomy.
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