Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery in a non-pregnant woman misdiagnosed as the rupture of vessel in cervical myoma.

Park, Soo Jin; Park, Byung Seob; Chun, Sung Wook; Ji, Yong Il; Ok, Ji Hoon; Kim, Tae Gyun

doi:2012.55.7.522

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 55(7); 2012 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2012;55(7):522-525.
Published online: July 13, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.7.522

Spontaneous rupture of the uterine artery in a non-pregnant woman misdiagnosed as the rupture of vessel in cervical myoma.

Soo Jin Park, Byung Seob Park, Sung Wook Chun, Yong Il Ji, Ji Hoon Ok, Tae Gyun Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dong-A University Hospital, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea. ktggyn@gmail.com

Abstract

A case of spontaneous rupture of uterine artery was very rare, and they would be a potentially catastrophic events. Most of the cases have been found among woman in their pregnancy or puerperium. We report here the first case of spontaneous rupture of uterine artery in a non-pregnant woman in Korea with a brief review of literature.

Keywords: Non-pregnant woman; Spontaneous rupture; Uterine artery