Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage Complicating Pregnancy

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IN 1918 Potocki1 reported a case of retroperitoneal hemorrhage complicating pregnancy in which the patient, two and a half months' pregnant, experienced pain in the lower abdomen after intercourse. The pain extended gradually to the left side, with some degree of shock. Shortly after admission to the hospital the pain became severer and the shock deeper. The diagnosis was ruptured tubal pregnancy or pregnancy with an ovarian cyst with a twisted pedicle. Laparotomy performed immediately revealed an extensive retroperitoneal hemorrhage that did not involve the true pelvis but filled the mesocolon and the retroperitoneal areas in the region of the . . .

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