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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2023

Non-communicating rudimentary horn pregnancy presenting as sudden unexpected maternal death: an autopsy diagnosis.

Nonhlanhla B Shamase, Sibusiso J Ntsele, Ashley S Hammond

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors.

Nonhlanhla B ShamaseeThekwini Forensic Pathology Services, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Durban, South Africa. nonhlanhlashamase@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0346-8453
Sibusiso J NtseleeThekwini Forensic Pathology Services, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Durban, South Africa.
Ashley S HammondeThekwini Forensic Pathology Services, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, Durban, South Africa.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pregnancy on a rudimentary uterine horn is a rare condition that can lead to a catastrophic outcome when it ruptures. The majority of cases are diagnosed late, after the rupture has occurred. We present the case of a 29-year-old female G2 P1 who complained of abdominal pain. She consulted a medical practitioner who prescribed her analgesics. In the next day, she was found dead in her bedroom. The pregnancy was undiagnosed as she was not aware that she was in a gravid state. At autopsy, there was massive haemoperitoneum and a 24-week gestation foetus lying outside the uterus. The uterus revealed an anomaly in keeping with a non- communicating rudimentary horn. Forensic pathologists do encounter undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies in practice. However, abdominal ectopic pregnancy with a uterine anomaly remains uncommon. These cases are often associated with a high maternal and foetal mortality.

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Maternal DeathPregnancy, EctopicUterine RuptureAdultAutopsyDeath, SuddenFemaleHumansPregnancyUterusAutopsyEctopic pregnancyForensic pathologyNon-communicating rudimentary horn

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PMID35877006

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