| Autor: |
Mitra, Kajal Ramendranath, Ratnaparkhi, Chetana Ramesh, Tayade, Kushal Ashok, Gedam, Bapuji Shrawan |
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International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research; Sep-Dec2015, Vol. 5 Issue 3, p208-210, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
Abdominal pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy which occurs due to ruptured uterine or tubal pregnancy into the abdomen. Fetal loss is a common complication of these pregnancies and patient presents with acute abdominal pain which is a surgical emergency. Another rare but established complication of this ectopic pregnancy is fetal demise with the dead fetus being retained in the abdomen. It gets macerated and mummified over a period of time and is mostly detected incidentally during imaging. Radiological imaging has hallmark appearances of such a macerated fetus showing multiple fetal parts embedded in a calcified sac termed as lithopedion or stone baby. We report a unique case of retained abdominal pregnancy for 36 years in a 60-year-old postmenopausal female presented with abdominal pain and difficulty in micturition. Computed tomography showed multiple fetal bones in the abdomen surrounded by a membrane which was surprisingly not calcified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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