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- Title
An unusual case of retained abdominal pregnancy for 36 years in a postmenopausal woman.
- Authors
Mitra, Kajal Ramendranath; Ratnaparkhi, Chetana Ramesh; Tayade, Kushal Ashok; Gedam, Bapuji Shrawan
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ABDOMINAL pregnancy; TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE
- Publication
International Journal of Applied & Basic Medical Research, 2015, Vol 5, Issue 3, p208
- ISSN
2229-516X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/2229-516X.165374