Following laparoscopic myomectomy, uterine rupture during pregnancy or delivery in the area of the scar is a very rare but dangerous complication. Individual cases of uterine rupture during pregnancy are described in the literature. Case report of uterine rupture during delivery in a patient who had previously undergone laparoscopic myomectomy. In the case presented here, the patient conceived ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) after myocardial infarction is a relatively common complication and its incidence is about 50%. One cause of MR after myocardial infarction is papillary muscle rupture, and this situation usually requires urgent surgical treatment. Since prognosis is favorable with early surgical intervention, early diagnosis of the underlying cause of mitral regurgitation is very impo...

We describe the case of a 59-year-old man who presented with chest pain and ST-segment elevation in the inferior leads, R>S in V1 and ST depression in the anterior leads due to proximal occlusion of the first obtuse marginal. Primary coronary angioplasty and stenting of this artery were performed. Twelve hours later the patient became hemodynamically unstable and severe mitral regurgitation due...

BACKGROUND Cardiac rupture after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is unpredictable and almost always fatal, so the present study reviewed all the clinical characteristics of patients with cardiac rupture to determine if its occurrence can be predicted. METHODS AND RESULTS The clinical characteristics of 1,296 consecutive AMI patients from January 1992 to February 2002 were retrospectively ev...

Background: Isolated rectus muscle ruptures are rare ophthalmic emergencies which may result in permanent diplopia. Objective: To highlight updates on clinical features, surgical treatment options and potential complications for isolated inferior rectus ruptures. Case: A 39-year-old man came to our emergency department complaining of diplopia and upward deviation of the right eye after experien...

A n 86-year-old woman without any history of heart disease or trauma to the chest experienced an acute onset of dyspnea associated with a productive cough for 2 hours. Her medical history revealed that she was hypertensive for the past 20 years. Her blood pressure was 90 mm Hg in systole and 50 mm Hg in diastole. Immediately after admission, mechanical ventilation was initiated because there wa...