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Uterine Inversion

Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium

Uterine inversion is a rare and serious obstetric emergency in which the uterus turns inside out, usually following childbirth. Symptoms include postpartum bleeding, abdominal pain, a mass in the vagina, and low blood pressure, and rarely inversion may occur without any association with pregnancy.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Reproductive System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
XV: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium 1
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 1
Transmission Route
Non-Transmissible 2
First Described
300 BCE 2
Recorded as the article states it, a lower bound (since at least 300 BC); the article attributes the description to Hippocrates.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
Wikipedia
  • List of chapters, Chapter XV
    Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • Non-infectious classification
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2. Uterine Inversion (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia: Uterine inversion, lead section
    The condition has been described since at least 300 BC by Hippocrates.
  • Lead - transmission-route
    Uterine inversion is a rare and serious obstetric emergency in which the uterus turns inside out, usually following childbirth.
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