Rupture of Mycotic Aneurysm during Pregnancy: Another hazard of drug abuse

Authors

Jayanta Kumar Dirghangi
Mohammed R. Ansari

Abstract

Widespread parenteral drug abuse has led to an increase in mycotic aneurysms in the area of drug injection. We report an unusual case of ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the right external iliac artery in a pregnant woman who was a heroin addict. In the third trimester, she developed a large hematoma that resulted in intra-uterine fetal death, premature labor, and hypovolemic shock. This case presented a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma that was confused with the syndrome of ruptured utero-ovarian veins.

Recommended Citation

Dirghangi, Jayanta Kumar and Ansari, Mohammed R. (1982) "Rupture of Mycotic Aneurysm during Pregnancy: Another hazard of drug abuse," Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal : Vol. 30 : No. 2 , 93-96.
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