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Silent uterine rupture, an unusual cause of anhydramnios |
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| Authors: | Teunissen Katinka K Lopriore Enrico Nijman Remco G W Brouwer Patrick A van Kamp Inge L |
| Affiliation: | 1 Department of Obstetrics, Fetal Medicine Unit, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 2 Department of Neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 3 Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Groene Hart Hospital, Gouda, The Netherlands |
| Abstract: | Anhydramnios is a rather common ultrasound finding, usually caused by ruptured membranes, placental dysfunction, or impaired fetal renal function. We present a case of anhydramnios, resulting from the perforation of a fetal leg through the uterine wall. Neonatal death occurred caused by severe lung hypoplasia. The absence of clinical symptoms strongly suggests a preexisting weak spot in the uterine wall, presumably resulting from an unrecognized perforation at a previous curettage procedure. |
| Keywords: | anhydramnios curettage pulmonary hypoplasia uterine rupture |
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