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Continuation of Abdominal Pregnancy Complicated by Preeclampsia Three Weeks After Birth of an Intrauterine Twin
Author(s) -
Ekwempu C. C.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/j.1879-3479.1979.tb00455.x
Subject(s) - medicine , preeclampsia , pregnancy , twin pregnancy , obstetrics , etiology , abdominal pregnancy , gynecology , gestation , fetus , genetics , biology
A case of heterotopic pregnancy in a 22‐year‐old multigravida is presented. The extrauterine baby was delivered alive three weeks after the intrauterine pregnancy had ended at term in spite of an associated preeclampsia. The inhibition of lactation resulting from the continuation of the extrauterine pregnancy resulted in marasmus for the first baby. The implications and especially the etiology of preeclampsia occurring in extrauterine pregnancy are discussed.