Strangled gravidic uterus, an exceptional complication of umbilical hernia during pregnancy, a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Strangulated pregnancy is a very rare presentation in which the intra umbilical strangulated form is exceptional. To our knowledge, we report the first Moroccan case and one of less than 10 cases published in the literature of a strangulated gravid uterus; in a woman admitted for treatment of umbilical pain.

Case presentation

Through this presentation, we report a sporadic case of hernial strangulation during pregnancy containing an evolving pregnancy in the umbilical harness bag. The suspicion of this diagnosis was clinical and the confirmation made by ultrasound and abdominal MRI for confirmation. The objectives of this publication are threefold: i), to report this new exceptional case ii), to highlight the place of imaging in the management of hernial patholo

SUBMITTER: Jabi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8654626 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature