Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report

Pregnancy in the rudimentary horn of uterus is rare. Uterine rupture is a rare obstetrical catastrophe that occurs before 20 weeks’ gestation in 70% of unicornate uterus cases. A 24-year-old primigravida woman was referred to our hospital due to failed induction-in-17th-weeks-of-her-pregnancy. Fetal...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Bahadori, Seddigeh Borna, Tahere Behroozlak, Sogra Hoseini, Haleh Ayatollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-09-01
Series:Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
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Online Access:https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/74
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author Fatemeh Bahadori
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Haleh Ayatollahi
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description Pregnancy in the rudimentary horn of uterus is rare. Uterine rupture is a rare obstetrical catastrophe that occurs before 20 weeks’ gestation in 70% of unicornate uterus cases. A 24-year-old primigravida woman was referred to our hospital due to failed induction-in-17th-weeks-of-her-pregnancy. Fetal-death was confirmed on abdominal ultrasound. Examination under-anaesthesia revealed -pregnancy-in thetrudimentary-horn.-It is concluded that careful-evaluation of probable-mullerian-anomaly-should-be-considered in every failed-induction.
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spelling doaj.art-4765c10330ba407bab3dccf6257e53a12022-12-22T04:07:58ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health1735-89491735-93922009-09-013374Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case reportFatemeh Bahadori0Seddigeh Borna1Tahere Behroozlak2Sogra Hoseini3Haleh Ayatollahi4Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IranObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IranObstetrician and Gynaecologist, Marand, IranObstetrics and Gynecology Department, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, IranPregnancy in the rudimentary horn of uterus is rare. Uterine rupture is a rare obstetrical catastrophe that occurs before 20 weeks’ gestation in 70% of unicornate uterus cases. A 24-year-old primigravida woman was referred to our hospital due to failed induction-in-17th-weeks-of-her-pregnancy. Fetal-death was confirmed on abdominal ultrasound. Examination under-anaesthesia revealed -pregnancy-in thetrudimentary-horn.-It is concluded that careful-evaluation of probable-mullerian-anomaly-should-be-considered in every failed-induction.https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/74Mullerian anomalyRudimentary hornPregnancy
spellingShingle Fatemeh Bahadori
Seddigeh Borna
Tahere Behroozlak
Sogra Hoseini
Haleh Ayatollahi
Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
Journal of Family and Reproductive Health
Mullerian anomaly
Rudimentary horn
Pregnancy
title Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
title_full Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
title_fullStr Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
title_full_unstemmed Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
title_short Failed Induction in Second Trimester Due to Pregnancy in an Uncommunicated Rudimentary Horn: Case report
title_sort failed induction in second trimester due to pregnancy in an uncommunicated rudimentary horn case report
topic Mullerian anomaly
Rudimentary horn
Pregnancy
url https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/74
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