A RARE CASE OF SPONTANEOUS HAEMOPERITONEUM IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER

Occurrence of spontaneous haemoperitoneum during pregnancy is rare. In this journal, a case of 28 year old women gravida 4, para 3 , live 2, abortion 1, who presented with acute abdominal pain and not able to perceive fetal movements for 4 hrs, is presented. Ultrasound scan of the patient confirmed absence of fetal cardiac activity and the mother was haemodynamically unstable. Hence, emergency caesarean section was done with clinical suspicion of abruption. The cause for haemoperitoneum could not be found.