Term abdominal pregnancy with healthy newborn: A case report

Baffoe, Peter; Fofie, CO; Gandau, BN

doi:10.4314/gmj.v45i2.68933

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“…Typical deformities include limb defects, facial and cranial asymmetry, joint abnormalities and central nervous malformation (28). These pregnancies usually do not extend to 37 weeks and usually end up with foetal loss (29). In our case, the newborn died of severe respiratory insufficiency, and pulmonary hypoplasia was found on autopsy.…”

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A 34-week ovarian pregnancy: case report and review of the literature

Meşeci¹,

Güzel²,

Zemherı³

et al. 2013

J Turkish German Gynecol Assoc

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Advanced ovarian pregnancy is a quite rare condition. Due to the high maternal and neonatal mortality rates, early and accurate diagnosis is vital. Lack of sufficient data led us to search the literature and compile available data on the topic. A 33-year-old woman presented with acute abdomen at 34 weeks of gestation. She underwent laparotomy, which revealed a live foetus surrounded by an intact amnion membrane located in the left adnexal area. The patient delivered a live female infant. Heavy bleeding from the placenta necessitated salpingo oophorectomy. Histological examination of the removed tissue confirmed the ovarian pregnancy. Because of the substantial risk of adverse outcomes, this condition should be borne in mind, especially in cases presenting with acute abdomen during pregnancy. (J Turkish-German Gynecol Assoc 2013; 14: 246-9) Key words: Abdominal pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian pregnancy Received: 06 November, 2012 Accepted: 23 January, 2013 Available Online Date: 10 July, 2013 İkinci ve üçüncü trimester over gebeliği oldukça nadir bir durumdur. Yüksek maternal ve neonatal mortalite oranları nedeniyle erken ve doğru tanı konulması hayat kurtarıcıdır. Karşılaştığımız ender rastlanan olgu ve konu ile ilgili yeterli bilginin bulunmayışı bizi ikinci ve üçüncü trimester over gebeliği hakkındaki literatürü irdelemeye yöneltti. Otuz üç yaşında kadın hasta, gebeliğin otuz dördüncü haftasında akut abdomen bulgularıyla kliniğimize başvurdu. Laparatomide sol adneksial alanda intakt amniotik membran ile çevrili, içinde canlı fetusun bulunduğu ekstrauterin gebelik tespit edildi. Canlı bir kız bebek doğurtuldu. Plasental alandaki şiddetli kanama nedeniyle salpingo ooferektomi yapıldı. Histopatolojik sonuç over gebeliğiyle uyumlu bulundu. Özellikle ilk trimesterden sonra akut batın bulgularıyla başvuran hastalarda, ayırıcı tanıda over gebeliği akılda tutulmalıdır.

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A 34-week ovarian pregnancy: case report and review of the literature

Meşeci¹,

Güzel²,

Zemherı³

et al. 2013

J Turkish German Gynecol Assoc

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“…22 In our case, the patient had unwanted 14-week pregnancy and her heterotopic pregnancy was misdiagnosed as normal intrauterine pregnancy in her initial presentation because abdominal pregnancy can pose diagnostic complexity, making a prompt diagnosis difficult and a high index of suspicion is essential especially in low resource centers. 6 Variable clinical presentation of abdominal pregnancy, such as persistent abdominal pain, painful fetal movements, palpation of an abdominal mass separates from the uterus and vaginal bleeding should raise suspicion. 8,23 However, our patient did not have any symptoms initially and she underwent D&C in a discrete center.…”

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“…[3][4] Fallopian tubes are the most frequent site. Extrauterine pregnancy represents about 1-2% of all pregnancies with 95% occurring in the Fallopian tube, [5][6][7] while abdominal pregnancy represents just about 1-4% of all ectopic pregnancies. [8][9] Most heterotopic pregnancies occur as a result of assisted reproductive technology were it estimated about 1 out of 3900 10 whereas with natural conception the probabilities of heterotopic pregnancy drops to 1 in 30,000 pregnancies.…”

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An incidental finding of heterotopic pregnancy in a patient presented with acute abdomen post D&C of unwanted pregnancy

Abed¹,

Yassin²,

Salih³

et al. 2016

JYP

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Spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy is a rare condition. There is the simultaneous presence of intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancies. Such condition can be a life-threatening. The diagnosis can also be easily missed especially in early pregnancy. We present this case of a 28-year old patient who was misdiagnosed as normal intrauterine pregnancy. She had illegal termination of unwanted 14-week pregnancy in a private hospital. The patient presented to us with acute abdomen two days after D&C. Following clinical examination, uterine perforation was suspected. Abdominal ultrasound showed a coexisting abdominal pregnancy in the right hypochondrium. his heterotopic pregnancy was undiagnosed at her initial presentation to the first hospital. Emergency laparotomy was done, uterine perforation was sutured and abdominal pregnancy was excised.

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“…It constitutes about 1% of ectopic gestation [1]. Incidence of abdominal pregnancy ranged from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 30,000 pregnancies [1]- [9]. Abdominal pregnancy is associated with increased risk of early fetal wastage, fetal malformations, perinatal morbidity and mortality as well as maternal morbidity and mortality [2].…”

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Advanced Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case Report

Anozie¹,

Esike²,

Eze³

et al. 2016

OJOG

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A 35-year-old unbooked gravida 6 para 5+0 woman with 4 living children, who was unsure of her last menstrual period but she adjudged her index pregnancy to be term. She presented to the emergency unit with six months history of progressive weight loss, difficulty in breathing and abdominal pain that suddenly got worse about two days prior to presentation after an attempted external cephalic version by a traditional birth attendant. Ultrasound diagnosed abdominal pregnancy. An emergency laparotomy revealed collapsed fetal membranes with a rent of about 10 centimeters in diameter on the right and straw-colored amniotic fluid of about 2 litres in peritoneal cavity. A live male fetus was delivered with birth weight of 2.9 kilograms. The umbilical cord was cut and tied short close to the placenta which was left in situ and methotrexate was given. Post operative condition was satisfactory and patient had a brisk recovery. She was adequately counseled and discharged home on the 12 th day after surgery and followed up subsequently.

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Term abdominal pregnancy with healthy newborn: A case report

Cited by 62 publications

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A 34-week ovarian pregnancy: case report and review of the literature

A 34-week ovarian pregnancy: case report and review of the literature

An incidental finding of heterotopic pregnancy in a patient presented with acute abdomen post D&C of unwanted pregnancy

Advanced Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case Report

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