Ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a recent intrauterine abortion

✍ Scribed by Paul J Nugent

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 187 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82250-4

✦ Synopsis

The case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain referable to the lower abdomen is discussed. She had had an uncomplicated intrauterine abortive procedure two weeks earlier. It was determined that a ruptured ectopic pregnancy was the etiology of her abdominal pain. The rare phenomenon of combined intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancy is discussed. [Nugent P J: Ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a recent intrauterine abortion.