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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  3, Issue 2, Jul-Dec 2017, Pages 301-303
 

Case Report

Torsion of Non-Gravid Uterus with Myoma Presenting to Emergency with Shock

Muhammad Aamir Mir1, Kritika Nanda2, Kamal Preet Palta3, Kishalay Datta4

1MEM Resident 2Attending Consultant 3Consultant and HOD 4Associate Director & HOD, Emergency Medicine, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, Delhi 110017, India. 4Associate Director & HOD, Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, Delhi 110088, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.3217.28

Abstract

Abdominal pain is one of most frequently encountered complain in the emergency; poses a diagnostic challenge for the emergency physician as differential diagnosis ranges from benign to life threatening conditions. History, vital signs and physical findings may not point a specific diagnosis and laboratory testing is often not helpful. Especially in females difficulty in physical examination and nonspecific clinical picture may lead to delay in diagnosis. Sometimes patients’ hemodynamic instability limits radiological intervention. Uterine torsion is a rare condition in the non gravid uterus may cause irreversible ischemic damage to the uterus, leading to rapid clinical deterioration, firstly reported by The Times in 1861 [1]. Here we report a case of a young non-gravid woman presenting with acute abdominal pain with hemodynamic instability and upon investigation, she was found to have uterine torsion of uterus due to uterine fibroid.

Keywords: Torsion; Non Gravid Uterus; Ligaments; Fornix. 


Corresponding Author : Muhammad Aamir Mir, MEM Resident, Emergency Medicine, Max Smart Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, Delhi 110017, India