Non-communicated rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy and uterine rupture: A case report

Rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy is a rare and serious type of ectopic pregnancy and is hard to diagnose due to a lack of typical clinical symptoms at the early stage. A 35-year-old woman who was17 weeks pregnant and had a complicated history of infertility came to our hospital complaining of abdo...

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Published inSAGE open medical case reports Vol. 10
Main Authors Wang, Li, Ren, Songtao, Zhang, Yan, Liu, Wei, Shi, Wentian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2022
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
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Case Report
Case reports
Pregnancy complications
Uterus
risk management
case report
Rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy
uterine rupture
laparotomy
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Summary:Rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy is a rare and serious type of ectopic pregnancy and is hard to diagnose due to a lack of typical clinical symptoms at the early stage. A 35-year-old woman who was17 weeks pregnant and had a complicated history of infertility came to our hospital complaining of abdominal pain without vaginal bleeding. Computed tomography scan after 12 hours showed that her pregnancy was in the small cavity of a rudimentary uterine horn, which had ruptured. Noncommunicating rudimentary uterine horn pregnancy is an extremely rare form of ectopic gestation, and its diagnosis and management remain challenging. Nevertheless, physician awareness of various forms of unicornuate uteri and rudimentary uterine horn can save lives.
ISSN:2050-313X
2050-313X
DOI:10.1177/2050313X221104034