Lehner Rainer, Tringler Barbara, Stengg Karin, Goharkhay Nima
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vienna Medical School, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
J Reprod Med. 2002 Apr;47(4):327-8.
Acute appendicitis during pregnancy is a serious complication because of the difficult diagnosis and increased perinatal morbidity and mortality.
A 29-year-old woman underwent cesarean section and an appendectomy because of clinical symptoms of an acute abdomen and fetal distress.
Acute appendicitis in pregnancy is rare but requires special attention to maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. In this case, acute appendicitis and peritonitis were associated with uterine contractions and fetal distress. How extrauterine infections may mediate uterine contractions and fetal distress remains unsolved.
