Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Melkamu Abte Afele

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• Case Report
  Near Term Rudimentary Horn Pregnancy with Term Intrauterine Pregnancy: A Case Presentation
  Author(s): Melkamu Abte Afele and Mulat Adefris WoldetsadikMelkamu Abte Afele and Mulat Adefris Woldetsadik
  
  Introduction: Unicornuate uterus accounts for 5 percent of all Mullerian anomalies.Rarely it could be a site for ectopic pregnancy, where natural course is rupture during second trimester, with a potentially life-threatening heavy bleeding. However, in about 10 percent of cases horn pregnancy will go to term or form a lithopedion. We describe an unexpected horn pregnancy reaching near term with live term intrauterine pregnancy, an unusual presentation. Case presentation: 25 years old Gravida III, Para II woman presented to our hospital with complaint of right upper quadrant swelling of 5 months duration. Thirteen months back, she was diagnosed to have IUFD with femoral length of 34 weeks and misoprostol used for induction of labor but failed. Patient went home and she came again with the above complaint. On examination, uterus was 26 weeks sized, positive fetal heartb.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000754

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