Induced abortion followed by pelvic osteomyelitis
Yadav, S.; Yadav, S.S.
Journal of the Indian Medical Association 73(9-10): 168-169
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5847 PMID: 397955 Document Number: 144422
An illegal abortion performed by inserting foreign objects vaginally into the uterus resulted in a septic abortion, the report of which is published here as a case study. This septic abortion was induced by introducting a bamboo stick into the uterus, resulting in a discharging sinus at the back and sacral osteomyelitis. The patient was an Indian woman, aged 35 years, who had her 5-month gestation pregnancy terminated illegally, and presented after 6 months of pain with a discharging sinus over the left buttock of 3 months duration. A sinogram and a roentgenogram of the pelvis are published which show a lytic area on the body of the sacrum, and outline the extensive sinus tract extenting from the sinus to the uterus. Under general anesthesia a 6-inch-long bamboo stick was removed from the uterine cavity and curettage was performed. Streptomycin was injected, and the patient was asymptomatic at time of hostpital discharge; she is presently 24 weeks pregnant.