A Case of Abruptio Placentae due to the Torsion of Gravid Uterus

Torsion of a gravid uterus is a rare obstetric emergency potentially lethal for the fetus and the mother. Some of the cases described in literature are associated with preexisting gynecologic conditions related to pelvic and uterine anatomy, even if most of cases remain unexplained. We report a case...

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Autores principales: Zullino, S., Faiola, S., Paganelli, A. M., Ferrazzi, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4273504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25544919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/801616
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author Zullino, S.
Faiola, S.
Paganelli, A. M.
Ferrazzi, E.
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description Torsion of a gravid uterus is a rare obstetric emergency potentially lethal for the fetus and the mother. Some of the cases described in literature are associated with preexisting gynecologic conditions related to pelvic and uterine anatomy, even if most of cases remain unexplained. We report a case of acute 180-degree torsion of uterus at 33 weeks of gestation associated with abruptio placentae in a young Asian woman without apparent risk factors.
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spelling pubmed-42735042014-12-28 A Case of Abruptio Placentae due to the Torsion of Gravid Uterus Zullino, S. Faiola, S. Paganelli, A. M. Ferrazzi, E. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Torsion of a gravid uterus is a rare obstetric emergency potentially lethal for the fetus and the mother. Some of the cases described in literature are associated with preexisting gynecologic conditions related to pelvic and uterine anatomy, even if most of cases remain unexplained. We report a case of acute 180-degree torsion of uterus at 33 weeks of gestation associated with abruptio placentae in a young Asian woman without apparent risk factors. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-12-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4273504/ /pubmed/25544919 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/801616 Text en Copyright © 2014 S. Zullino et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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