1. Case 34-2012.
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Cabot, Richard C., Harris, Nancy Lee, Rosenberg, Eric S., Shepard, Jo-Anne O., Cort, Alice M., Ebeling, Sally H., McDonald, Emily K., Getahun, Birhanu Sendek, Yeshi, Melisachew M., and Roberts, Drucilla J.
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UTERINE rupture , *PREGNANCY complications , *ABDOMINAL pain , *DIAGNOSIS of abdominal pain , *LABOR complications (Obstetrics) , *DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The article describes the case of a 27-year-old pregnant woman who had experienced spontaneous rupture of a gravid uterus on the left posterolateral wall with hematometra. The patient experienced abdominal pain during labor with cessation of contractions and vaginal bleeding before she was admitted to a hospital in Ethiopia. The possible causes of this condition are chorioamnionitis, placental abruption and uterine rupture.
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- 2012
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