Delayed delivery of a twin pregnancy and uterine atony: morphological and clinical evidence

Vittorio Palmara; Carmela Lo Re; Valentina Priola; Emanuele Sturlese; Daniela Villari; Annalisa Retto; Giuseppe Santoro

doi:10.1375/twin.14.2.198

Delayed delivery of a twin pregnancy and uterine atony: morphological and clinical evidence

Twin Res Hum Genet. 2011 Apr;14(2):198-200. doi: 10.1375/twin.14.2.198.

Authors

Vittorio Palmara¹, Carmela Lo Re, Valentina Priola, Emanuele Sturlese, Daniela Villari, Annalisa Retto, Giuseppe Santoro

Affiliation

¹ Department of Gynaecologic and Obstetric Sciences, University of Messina, Italy.

PMID: 21425904
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.2.198

Abstract

This report presents the uncommon case of a 154-day delayed delivery in a spontaneous twin pregnancy associated with uterine atony. After abortion of the first fetus at 16 weeks, a healthy male was born at 38 weeks. Postpartum hemorrhage due to uterine atony, which was successfully treated with prostaglandins, occurred.

Publication types

Case Reports
Twin Study

MeSH terms

Abortion, Spontaneous
Adult
Delivery, Obstetric*
Female
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Postpartum Hemorrhage / etiology
Postpartum Hemorrhage / pathology
Postpartum Hemorrhage / prevention & control
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Prostaglandins F / therapeutic use
Twins*
Uterine Inertia / drug therapy
Uterine Inertia / physiopathology*

Substances

Prostaglandins F