An Unusual Case of Pain Abdomen

A young woman aged 25 years with two children and wife of army personnel came to the military hospital with alleged history of pain abdomen since early morning. There was no history of vomiting and diarrhoea. Patient was treated conservatively, but died within an hour. The body was sent for post-mortem examination to Mortuary, Government Medical College, Patiala. On opening the abdomen, the abdominal cavity was found containing 3.5 litres of blood and all the abdominal viscera were examined and found to be normal. Uterus was found to be having through and through perforation in its right postero-lateral wall caused by a pointed object.