A pregnant woman with long-standing, retained intraabdominal glass shards who gave birth to a live infant with no complications: a case report

Autor: Kenta Inoue, Shinichiro Yabe, Soichiro Kashiwabara, Yukiko Itaya, Sumiko Era, Akihiko Kikuchi, Yasushi Takai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Case Reports, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/s13256-024-04392-8
Popis: Abstract Background Most cases of traumatic injury during pregnancy involve blunt trauma, with penetrating trauma being uncommonly rare. In glass shard injuries, fragments often penetrate deeply, and multiple injuries may occur simultaneously; attention must be paid to the possibility of organ injury from the residual fragments. However, no case of this occurring during pregnancy has been reported yet. Case presentation We present the case of a 34-year-old pregnant Cameroonian woman who retained intraabdominal glass shards following a penetrating injury at 13 weeks gestation and not diagnosed until 22 weeks gestation. Notably, this patient continued the pregnancy without complications and gave birth via cesarean section at 36 weeks gestation. Conclusion In pregnant women sustaining a penetrating glass trauma during pregnancy, careful attention should be paid to the fragments; in that case, computed tomography is a useful modality for accurately visualizing any remaining fragments in the body. Essentially, the foreign bodies in glass shard injuries during pregnancy should be removed immediately, but conservative management for term delivery is an important choice for patients at risk for preterm delivery.
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