Lund P R, Sielaff G W, Aiman E J
Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Am J Emerg Med. 1989 Jan;7(1):49-53. doi: 10.1016/0735-6757(89)90085-5.
A 30-year-old woman who had undergone in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) presented to the emergency department in hemorrhagic shock 4 weeks after a spontaneous abortion. She was found to have a ruptured uterus caused by an unsuspected second pregnancy located in the cornual region of the uterus. Women undergoing IVF-ET are at a higher risk for multiple pregnancies, ectopic pregnancies, and heterotopic pregnancies.