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01-12-2023, 04:54 AM
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Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Causes Sudden Death in 25-year-old Patient
A 25-year-old female, married for two years, was a mother of an 11-month-old male child. She had sudden onset of abdominal discomfort with no history of trauma the previous day evening and brought some over-the-counter medicine and got some temporary relief. The pain got severe at the midnight and she was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal where she was declared brought dead and the body was sent for autopsy. She was still breastfeeding her 11-month-old child. On the external examination, the body was pale and old healed linear lower segment cesarean section scar mark of size 11cm, present horizontally over the lower abdomen just above the pubic symphysis. On internal examination, around 2.2 liters of fluid and clotted blood were present in the peritoneal cavity (Figure 1). The blood was collected by soaking the blood in a gauze piece and the difference in weight between the unsoaked and soaked gauze pieces was noted to get the blood volume. Swelling of the right fallopian tube along with rupture of size 1 x 1cm was evident (Figure 2). The fallopian tube on the right side was thinned out with ecchymosis evident. On meticulous dissection, a membranous sac of size 4 x 2 x 2cm was evident (Figure 3), containing a placenta of size 1 x 1cm and an embryo of size 2 x 1cm. The embryo had eyes seen as two black spots but the mouth cleft and limb buds were not appreciable (Figure 4). The left fallopian tube was normal. Weight of uterus and adnexa: 114 grams. The uterine cavity was found empty. All other organs were intact and pale. The stomach contained about 100ml of partially digested food particles without any smell and had normal mucosa. Uterus with cervix measured 8cm x 5.5cm x 3.5cm. The cause of death was attributed to hemorrhage and shock as a result of the rupture of an ectopic tubal pregnancy. |
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01-12-2023, 11:42 AM
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Re: Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Causes Sudden Death in 25-year-old Patient
So I guess the right-to-lifers are pissed that nobody stepped up to adopt little Quark?
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01-13-2023, 05:47 PM
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Re: Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Causes Sudden Death in 25-year-old Patient
Pro-choicers be like: “the 11 month old kid would not be an orphan had its mother aborted him 12 months ago |