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Retained Abdominal Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Nairn Ahmed,
Fahmy Kamal,
ElTannir Ali D.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1966.tb00366.x
Subject(s) - abdominal pregnancy , abdomen , pathological , medicine , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , fetus , obstetrics , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics , physics , optics
Summary: Two cases of retained abdominal pregnancy are presented. The incidence, pathological changes, diagnosis and management of such cases are discussed, and the ease with which such retained foetuses can be removed from the abdomen is emphasized. The foetus was retained for more than 2 years in one patient and for 4 years in the other. In each case, lithopedion formation occurred.