BACKGROUND: Poor reproductive outcome was well documented in several studies of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus is rare and very uncommon in the first trimester of pregnancy. CASE: Spontaneous rupture of the uterus was diagnosed in a 28-year-old nullipara who developed acute abdominal pain at 12 weeks' gestation. She was known to have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Laparotomy revealed the rupture in the anterior fundal area of the uterus. Both tubes were normal. CONCLUSION: Several spontaneous ruptures have been described, but this is the first case of first-trimester spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus in a diethylstilbestrol-exposed woman.
BACKGROUND: Poor reproductive outcome was well documented in several studies of women exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus is rare and very uncommon in the first trimester of pregnancy. CASE: Spontaneous rupture of the uterus was diagnosed in a 28-year-old nullipara who developed acute abdominal pain at 12 weeks' gestation. She was known to have been exposed to diethylstilbestrol in utero. Laparotomy revealed the rupture in the anterior fundal area of the uterus. Both tubes were normal. CONCLUSION: Several spontaneous ruptures have been described, but this is the first case of first-trimester spontaneous rupture of an unscarred uterus in a diethylstilbestrol-exposed woman.
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