A Case of Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy.

Kim, Jun Young; Park, Won Gon; Lee, Hyoung Keun; Jang, Mee Kyoung; Park, Jeung Keun

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 1997;40(7):1512-1516.
Published online January 1, 2001.

A Case of Secondary Abdominal Pregnancy.

Jun Young Kim, Won Gon Park, Hyoung Keun Lee, Mee Kyoung Jang, Jeung Keun Park

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kwang-Hye General Hospital, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

Abdominal pregnancy is very rare and potentially life-threatening variation of ectopic pregnancy. Early diagnosis is very difficult. In the last several decades prenatal care has improved and noninvasive procedures such as ultrasound scanning and fetal cardiotocography have led to us a better assessment of fetal and maternal disorders. In the last 30 years an increase of diagnosed ectopic pregnancies has been noted and attributed to the greater frequency of pelvic inflammatory disease. Although the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is rising, the incidence of abdominal pregnancy, which is primarily a sequel of a missed ruptured ectopic pregnancy, remains low. We presented a case of secondary abdominal pregnancy in 14 wks with its review of literature.

Key Words: Secondary abdominal pregnancy, Ultrasound scanning