A case report of a successful multidisciplinary management of an abdominal pregnancy

Abdominal pregnancy is defined as one that occurs outside of the uterus and fallopian tubes in the abdominal cavity. We present the case of a 30-year-old Peruvian female patient from Lima with a surgical history of exploratory laparotomy due to tubal ectopic pregnancy and appendectomy without furthe...

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Main Authors: Fred Fernández, Ivan Márquez, Ramiro G Herrera, Arnaldo Huaman, Anibal Apaza, Julia Coronado, Pela J Roseboom, Marcio Concepción-Zavaleta, Anthony Ramos-Yataco, Francisca Zavaleta-Gutiérrez
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Language:English
Published: Medwave Estudios Limitada 2023-01-01
Series:Medwave
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Online Access:https://www.medwave.cl/investigacion/casos/2647.html
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Summary:Abdominal pregnancy is defined as one that occurs outside of the uterus and fallopian tubes in the abdominal cavity. We present the case of a 30-year-old Peruvian female patient from Lima with a surgical history of exploratory laparotomy due to tubal ectopic pregnancy and appendectomy without further relevant personal or family histories. She attended the emergency room of a social security hospital in Peru with a referral from a district hospital and a diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy at 14 weeks of gestational age without previous prenatal controls. Symptomatology at hospital admission was colic-type abdominal pain in the hypogastrium without vaginal bleeding, fluid loss or fever. During hospitalization, she underwent an exploratory laparotomy with embolization of the uterine artery, left salpingectomy, and removal of the abdominal ectopic pregnancy. The evolution was favorable after the surgery, and she was discharged. Without further complications, she continues her controls at the obstetrics and gynecology outpatient service without complications.
ISSN:0717-6384