Perforated Duodenal Ulcer –A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy
Published: September 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4846
Bharti Goel, Jyotsna Rani, Anju Huria, Pratiksha Gupta, Usha Dalal
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics& Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India.
3. Professor and HOD, Departmentof Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Government Medical College, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India.
4. Consultant, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, ESI, Delhi, India.
5. Associate Professor, Departmentof Surgery, Government Medical College, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Jyotsna Rani,
F-Block, M.D.H, PGIMER, Sector-12, Chandigarh, India.
Phone : +91-8284861514, E-mail : dr.jyotsna.pmch@gmail.com
Acute abdomen during pregnancy is a medico-surgical emergency demanding concerted, synchronized specialties approach of obstetrician, surgeon and gastroenterologist. Duodenal perforation is one of the rarer causes of acute abdomen in pregnancy. Here, we report a case of duodenal perforation with peritonitis in third trimester of pregnancy requiring surgical management. Our aim of reporting this case is to stress the physicians to keep the differential of duodenal perforation also in mind while dealing with cases of acute abdomen in pregnancy and to proceed with multidisciplinary approach for better feto-maternal outcome.
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