An abdominal pregnancy is a form of an ectopic pregnancy where the pregnancy is implanted within the peritoneal cavity outside the fallopian tube or ovary and not located in the broad ligament. While rare, abdominal pregnancies have a higher mortality rate than ectopic pregnancies in general but, on occasion, can lead to a delivery of a viable infant.
About 1% of ectopic pregnancies in the United States are abdominal, or about 10 out of every 100...
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An abdominal pregnancy is a form of an ectopic pregnancy where the pregnancy is implanted within the peritoneal cavity outside the fallopian tube or ovary and not located in the broad ligament. While rare, abdominal pregnancies have a higher mortality rate than ectopic pregnancies in general but, on occasion, can lead to a delivery of a viable infant.
About 1% of ectopic pregnancies in the United States are abdominal, or about 10 out of every 100,000 pregnancies. A report from Nigeria places the frequency in that country at 34 per 100,000 deliveries. Risk factors are similar to tubal pregnancy with sexually transmitted disease playing a major role. The maternal mortality rate is estimated to be about 5 per 1,000 cases, about seven times the rate for ectopics in general, and about 90 times the rate for a delivery (US data).
Implantation sites includes the peritoneum outside of the uterus, the rectouterine pouch (culdesac of Douglas), omentum, bowel and its mesentery, mesosalpinx, and...
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