1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Father Muller Medical College, Father Muller Road, Mangalore-575002
2Intern, Father Muller Medical College, Father Muller Road, Mangalore-575002
3Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine, Father Muller Medical College, Father Muller Road, Mangalore-575002
*Email: varunpai@rocketmail.com
The authors present a case of unexpected sudden maternal death due to rupture of ectopic pregnancy in a woman in the 8th week of gestation with absent clinical history. In this case, severe bout of morning sickness led to sudden increase in intra-abdominal pressure which led to the rupture of the ectopic gestational sac, resulting in haemorrhage and ultimately death of the patient.
Sudden death, tubal pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, haemorrhage
