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Sonographic diagnosis of a viable abdominal pregnancy with planned delivery after fetal lung maturation
Author(s) -
Kim Mi Ju,
Bae Jin Young,
Seong Won Joon,
Lee Yoon Soon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22010
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pregnancy , laparotomy , fetus , pregnancy , gestation , obstetrics , uterus , lung , placenta , gynecology , surgery , genetics , biology
We report a case of a viable abdominal pregnancy with successful outpatient management until fetal lung maturation and planned delivery. Advanced abdominal pregnancy is a very rare extrauterine pregnancy, which results in serious maternal and fetal morbidity. A 28‐year‐old nullipara was referred from the local clinic to our tertiary center at 18 weeks' gestation. We diagnosed an extrauterine fetus on sonographic examination. The patient had weekly antenatal sonographic examinations. We performed a planned laparotomy at 34 weeks' gestation, and a female baby weighing 2,100 g was delivered. The placenta was completely removed and the uterus was preserved. Both the mother and the baby had no postoperative morbidity. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 41 :563–565, 2013.