Volume : 3, Issue : 3, March - 2014

Ruptured Cornual Ectopic Pregnancy � A Rare Occurrence

Dahiya S, Premi H K, Mukherjee S

Abstract :

 A cornual pregnancy is uncommon [1]but most dreaded among ectopic pregnancies.The terms ‘cornual pregnancy’ and ‘interstitial pregnancy’,both types of ectopic pregnancy,are used in the medical literature interchangeably. By definition,a cornual pregnancy refers to the implantation and development of a pregnancy in the lateral upper portionof the uterus,whereas an interstitial pregnancy implants within the myometrium of the proximal and intramural portion of the fallopian tude[2]. A diagnosis of cornual pregnancy remains a challenge and rupture of a cornual pregnancy causes catastrophic consequence due to massive bleeding.