Case Report, J Genit Syst Disor Vol: 2 Issue: 2
A Complex Case of Herniated Gravid Uterus Rupture with Placenta Accreta
| Ekta Singh, Shikha Seth* and Pooja Gupta | |
| Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Saifai, Etawah, U.P., India | |
| Corresponding author : Shikha Seth Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, U.P. Rural Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Saifai, Etawah, U.P., 206130, India Tel: +91-941-185-0238 E-mail: drseth_shikha@yahoo.com |
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| Received: February 11, 2013 Accepted: April 28, 2013 Published: May 06, 2013 | |
| Citation: Singh E, Seth S, Gupta P (2013) A Complex Case of Herniated Gravid Uterus Rupture with Placenta Accreta. J Genit Syst Disor 2:2. doi:10.4172/2325-9728.1000107 |
Abstract
A Complex Case of Herniated Gravid Uterus Rupture with Placenta Accreta
A 35 year old woman from rural India, with a prior history of caesarean delivery, presented to the emergency room in hypovolemic shock at 34 weeks’ gestation, with an unusual protrusion of the infra-umbilical portion of the anterior abdominal wall. The lower abdominal bulge turned out to be the ruptured gravid uterus with the intact amniotic sac (amniocele) herniating through the anterior abdominal wall incisional hernia.
