Sudden death in advanced abdominal pregnancy: a case report and discussion of the related medicolegal issues
| Autor: | M Sreenivas, Monisha Pradhan, P C Dikshit, Bajrang Singh, C Behera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Abdominal pain Ultrasound scan Gestational sac Hemorrhage Massive haemorrhage Sudden death Ultrasonography Prenatal Death Sudden Pregnancy Pregnancy Abdominal medicine Humans Diagnostic Errors Fetal Death Rupture Spontaneous Obstetrics business.industry Health Policy medicine.disease Surgery Medicolegal issues Issues ethics and legal aspects medicine.anatomical_structure Abdominal pregnancy Female medicine.symptom business Law |
| Zdroj: | Medicine, Science and the Law. 53:90-92 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1818 0025-8024 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/msl.2012.012014 |
| Popis: | We report sudden unexpected death in a 35-year-old woman with pregnancy of seven months duration. There was an allegation by the parents of the woman that she was subjected to an assault prior to death. Autopsy examination showed an abdominal pregnancy with a dead fetus, ruptured gestational sac, massive haemorrhage and secondary placental attachment. During her antenatal check-ups, she had persistently complained of abdominal pain and loose stools, but the diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy was missed clinically and on ultrasound scan. In this paper we discuss the diagnostic difficulties and medicolegal issues in such cases. |
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