Citation

Vorhies RW, Waswick WA, Delmore JE, Dort JM, Shaw JW. Am. Surg. 2004; 70(6): 559-560.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Wichita, Kansas, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Southeastern Surgical Congress)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15212416

Abstract

Trauma is the leading cause of nonobstetric morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. Care of the pregnant trauma patient is well documented in the medical literature; however, little has been written about the management of trauma patients with ectopic or cornual pregnancy. Herein, we report the previously undocumented occurrence of a traumatic rupture of a cornual ectopic pregnancy. The use of trauma ultrasound, computerized tomography, as well as obstetrical evaluation prevented an imminent life-threatening complication of this patient's pregnancy.

Language: en