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01-12-2014 | Case Report

A Rare Case of Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy that Resulted in a Healthy Newborn

Authors: Vaishali Jain, Sonal Jain, Shikha Jain, Jitendra Raghuwanshi

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Issue 6/2014

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Abdominal pregnancy is a rare and life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, defined as an intraperitoneal implantation exclusive of tubal or ovarian implantation. Ectopic pregnancy represents about 1–2 % of all pregnancies with 95 % occurring in the fallopian tube. Abdominal pregnancies represent just 1 % of all ectopic pregnancies. The incidence of abdominal pregnancy is 1:10,000 live births, but advanced abdominal pregnancy is seen in 1:25,000 live births [1]. Its prognosis is poor, with a maternal mortality rate of 5–18 % and perinatal mortality rate of 40–90 %. Abdominal pregnancy with a live fetus at term is a rare condition. We present one such case. …

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Title: A Rare Case of Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy that Resulted in a Healthy Newborn
Authors: Vaishali Jain
Sonal Jain
Shikha Jain
Jitendra Raghuwanshi
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-012-0305-y

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