Table 1.
Basic information, clinical manifestations, preoperative conditions, and bleeding volume of theses 4 patients
| Case | Bleeding site | Onset of pregnancy wk | High-risk factors | Clinical manifestation | Preoperative hemoglobin, g/L | Ultrasonography | Celiac/posterior fornix puncture | Fetal outcome | Preoperative diagnosis | Intra-abdominal bleeding, mL |
| 1 | Uterine vein | 29 + 1 | Uterine malformation | Lower abdominal pain, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, and anal bloating | 88 | Intraperitoneal bleeding | Posterior fornix puncture | Fetal death | Uterine rupture | 1900 |
| 2 | Liver | 36 + 6 | Chronic hypertension | Lower abdominal pain, and dizziness | 95 | Intraperitoneal bleeding | Ultrasound-guided abdominal puncture | Fetal death | Rupture of subserosal vessel | 2000 |
| 3 | Right external iliac vessel branch | 18 + 1 | Uterine adenoma, twin pregnancy | Diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting | 101 | Intraperitoneal bleeding | Ultrasound-guided abdominal puncture | Termination of pregnancy | Uterine rupture | 2300 |
| 4 | Right kidney hamartoma | 38 + 5 | None | Right back pain | 105 | High echo in right kidney area (17.9 cm × 10.9 cm × 11.0 cm), liquid dark area behind uterus | None | Survived | Rupture of right kidney hamartoma | 1300 (300 mL abdominal hemorrhage, and 1000 mL retroperitoneal hemorrhage) |