Abstract

TERAN MENDIZABAL, René; GARCIA SAINZ, Mario; OQUENDO BENAVIDES, Vania  and  TERCEROS BERRIOS, Gabriela. ABDOMINAL ECTOPIC PREGNANCY TO TERM WITH FETUS. Rev. méd. (Cochabamba) [online]. 2010, vol.21, n.1, pp. 80-85. ISSN 2074-4609.

The following case is an unusual presentation of an abdominal ectopic pregnancy comes to term with live fetus, the patient was referred to the hospital Quillacollo with diagnoses: Pregnancy 38 weeks primigravida, live single fetus, breech presentation, placenta occlusive total, severe oligohydramnios and a large mass on the posterior aspect of the uterus, fibroids? Hospitalization in Maternal Hospital German Urquidi of Cochabamba, the ultrasound report coincides with diagnosis of reference, which is scheduled for caesarean section is named, breech presentation and make probable fibroids myomectomy or hysterectomy, according to the findings, surprisingly for surgery, is the fetus in the abdominal cavity, the term (38 weeks) and I live, the great mass described as myoma, corresponded to part of the placenta attaches to the bottom and back of the enlarged uterus. Abdominal pregnancy is an uncommon condition with very few cases reported and even less with term pregnancy and lives fetus, so it was decided to review the incidence, diagnosis, management and treatment, especially the conduct at issue removal or not the placenta.

Keywords : Abdominal ectopic pregnancy to term; live fetus.