The acute abdomen in pregnancy and postpartum of a teenager woman. Case report

Vol. 59 No. 3, 2018

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Anca Daniela Braila, Andrei-Calin Zavate, Alex Emilian Stepan, Corneliu Sabetay, Jamal Kamel, Mihai Georgescu-Braila, Alexandru Marian Goganau, Mircea Ovidiu Ciobanu

The acute abdomen with its many clinical aspects is not a condition that eludes pregnancy; acute appendicitis being the most frequently incriminated, but when it comes to its complication - peritonitis and the pregnant is a teenager, the cases cited in the literature are quite rare. We present the case of a 15-year-old teenager pregnant within 24 weeks admitted from the emergency department with the diagnosis of acute abdomen and operated for generalized peritonitis due to a perforated appendicitis. The microscopic analysis of the specimen indicated the presence of ulceration and extensive and deep and necrosis of the appendicle wall, the residual structures being dissected by a predominantly polymorphonuclear leukocytes inflammatory infiltrate associated with eosinophilic fibrinous deposits. Gangrenous extended necrosis of appendicle tissues, on the background of inflammatory thrombosis of appendicle vessels and mesothelium, sustained the diagnosis of acute gangrenous appendicitis. After a rather difficult evolution, she gave birth to a healthy fetus through a segmental-transverse Caesarean section at 35 gestational weeks. One week after the birth, the patient was operated for bowel obstruction by means of bridles and adherents. Both the appendicitis and the intestinal obstruction syndrome have been resolved by classic surgery. The fetal and maternal, vital and functional prognosis was good.

Corresponding author: Andrei-Calin Zavate, Lecturer, MD, PhD; e-mail: azavate@gmail.com; Alexandru Marian Goganau, MD, PhD; e-mail: goganau_alex@yahoo.com

Download PDF
Download cover
Download contents

Journal archive