Case Report

A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture

Volume: 4 Number: 4 April 1, 2020
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A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture

Abstract

Heterotopic pregnancy is simultaneous extrauterine and intrauterine localization of the fertilized ovum. In this article, we aimed to present the case of a ruptured heterotopic pregnancy patient who had abortion a week ago. A 28-year-old female patient was referred to the Emergency Department due to vaginal bleeding and abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed that the patient, who had an abortion a week ago because of unwanted pregnancy at the 7th gestational week, had widespread sensitivity in the abdomen. Active bleeding was observed in vaginal examination. Her serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin level was 14562 mIU/mL. A fetus surrounded by hematoma with an 8 mm crown-rump length and heartbeat was observed in the right adnexal area during pelvic ultrasonography. The patient was diagnosed with ruptured heterotopic pregnancy and underwent surgery. In female patients who are in reproductive age and who refer to Emergency Department with acute abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, it must not be ignored that there might be extrauterine pregnancy along with intrauterine pregnancy and/or rupture. Ectopic pregnancy is a disease, which might occur in sexually active women in reproductive period and develops as a result of abnormal implantation of blastocyst. It can be localized in the ovaries, and less commonly, in the fallopian tubes. Ovarian pregnancy is characterized with the blastocyst being implanted in the ovary. It constitutes 0.15-3% of ectopic pregnancies and is observed in approximately one in every 7000 pregnancies. In our case, the blastocyst was localized in the right ovarian area, which is exceedingly rare.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Emergency Medicine

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

April 1, 2020

Submission Date

March 12, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 20, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 4 Number: 4

APA
Yılmaz, M. E., Kızıltaş, C., Yeniocak, S., Özer, V., & Gündüz, A. (2020). A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 4(4), 318-320. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.702768
AMA
1.Yılmaz ME, Kızıltaş C, Yeniocak S, Özer V, Gündüz A. A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture. J Surg Med. 2020;4(4):318-320. doi:10.28982/josam.702768
Chicago
Yılmaz, Mehmet Erdi, Cansu Kızıltaş, Selman Yeniocak, Vildan Özer, and Abdulkadir Gündüz. 2020. “A Rare Cause of Surgical Abdomen: Heterotopic Pregnancy Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4 (4): 318-20. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.702768.
EndNote
Yılmaz ME, Kızıltaş C, Yeniocak S, Özer V, Gündüz A (April 1, 2020) A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4 4 318–320.
IEEE
[1]M. E. Yılmaz, C. Kızıltaş, S. Yeniocak, V. Özer, and A. Gündüz, “A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture”, J Surg Med, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 318–320, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.28982/josam.702768.
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Mehmet Erdi - Kızıltaş, Cansu - Yeniocak, Selman - Özer, Vildan - Gündüz, Abdulkadir. “A Rare Cause of Surgical Abdomen: Heterotopic Pregnancy Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine 4/4 (April 1, 2020): 318-320. https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.702768.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz ME, Kızıltaş C, Yeniocak S, Özer V, Gündüz A. A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture. J Surg Med. 2020;4:318–320.
MLA
Yılmaz, Mehmet Erdi, et al. “A Rare Cause of Surgical Abdomen: Heterotopic Pregnancy Rupture”. Journal of Surgery and Medicine, vol. 4, no. 4, Apr. 2020, pp. 318-20, doi:10.28982/josam.702768.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Erdi Yılmaz, Cansu Kızıltaş, Selman Yeniocak, Vildan Özer, Abdulkadir Gündüz. A rare cause of surgical abdomen: Heterotopic pregnancy rupture. J Surg Med. 2020 Apr. 1;4(4):318-20. doi:10.28982/josam.702768