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The syndrome of bilateral lacerations of the broad ligament resulting from child-birth was first described in 1955. Its clinical significance has been emphasized as an etiologic factor in such pelvic symptomatology as dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, menorrhagia and pelvic pain. A case of a strangulated bowel secondary to a herniation through a tear in the broad ligament has been presented. To the author’s knowledge this is the first reported case of a bowel obstruction complicating the Allen-Masters syndrome.
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Lewis, M.I. Small-bowel obstruction secondary to traumatic lacerations of the uterine supports (The allen-masters syndrome). Dis Colon Rectum 12, 253–255 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617278
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02617278