A 16-week secondary abdominal ectopic pregnancy with a simultaneous intratubal placenta and abdominal fetus

Xinyi Li; Peter Barton-Smith

doi:10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.11.040

A 16-week secondary abdominal ectopic pregnancy with a simultaneous intratubal placenta and abdominal fetus

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2015 Feb:185:181-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.11.040. Epub 2014 Dec 4.

Authors

Xinyi Li¹, Peter Barton-Smith²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. Electronic address: lixinnyi@gmail.com.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

PMID: 25541223
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2014.11.040

Abstract

An unusual case of a simultaneous tubal and abdominal ectopic pregnancy with the placenta in the intact tube and fetus in the abdominal cavity demonstrating the pathogenesis of secondary abdominal pregnancy subsequently managed by laparoscopic salpingectomy and removal of the abdominal fetus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Fallopian Tubes / pathology*
Female
Fetal Death
Humans
Placenta / pathology*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Trimester, Second
Pregnancy, Abdominal / pathology*