Spontaneous small bowel obstruction associated with a spontaneous triplet gestation. A case report
Ludmir, J.; Samuels, P.; Armson, B.A.; Torosian, M.H.
Journal of Reproductive Medicine 34(12): 985-987
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-7758 PMID: 2621741 Document Number: 344764
Spontaneous bowel obstruction in pregnancy is a rare event and usually associated with a prior history of surgical procedures or infection. Its symptoms can mimic physiologic changes in pregnancy or preterm labor. We treated a woman who had a triplet gestation and whose lack of predisposing factors delayed the diagnosis of obstruction. The patient delivered prematurely at 22 weeks and required surgery to alleviate the obstruction. The possibility of intestinal obstruction should be entertained in any pregnant woman presenting with nausea, vomiting and an overdistended uterus.