Key result
Spontaneous uterine artery rupture causes life-threatening hemoperitoneum linked to maternal and fetal mortality.
Why the study?
Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery is a rare and life-threatening cause of hemoperitoneum during pregnancy associated with maternal and fetal mortality.
Highlights spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery as a rare, life-threatening cause of hemoperitoneum during pregnancy.
Consider uterine artery rupture in pregnant patients with hemoperitoneum; extends sparse case literature but remains hypothesis-generating.
Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery is a rare cause of hemoperitoneum during pregnancy. This is a life-threatening condition associated with maternal and fetal mortality. We describe a case of spontaneous rupture of the left uterine artery in a 32-year-old healthy pregnant woman with an uneventful pregnancy.
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Silva et al. (2020) studied this question. Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery is a rare but life-threatening cause of hemoperitoneum during pregnancy associated with maternal and fetal mortality.
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