Early second trimester uterine scar rupture

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This case describes a rare spontaneous uterine scar rupture at 19 weeks gestation in a woman with a prior C-section, presenting with acute abdomen and shock, which was successfully resutured.

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Abstract

Spontaneous uterine scar rupture can be lethal in pregnant women. A spontaneous uterine scar rupture in the early mid-trimester is rare and difficult to diagnose. This is a case of a 30-year-old woman (G2P1L1) at 19 weeks of gestation and having undergone a previous caesarean section presented with acute abdomen in shock. Laparotomy revealed a uterine scar rupture, which was resutured after evacuation of products of conception. This case merits that the uterine rupture should be considered as a differential diagnosis in pregnant women presenting with acute abdomen. In this case, although there was uterine rupture in the second trimester and a complete placental separation, fetus was alive which is quite unusual in patients presenting with rupture uterus.

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Abdomen, Acute Cesarean Section Cicatrix Pregnancy Trimester, Second Rupture, Spontaneous Uterine Rupture Uterus Abdomen, Acute Abdomen, Acute Adult Cicatrix Cicatrix Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Placenta Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Outcome

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