An advanced abdominal pregnancy with a live fetus is a very rare event with only a few cases reported in the literature. This kind of pregnancy is associated with significantly high maternal and perinatal mortality.
Case:
A 40-year-old woman, para 4, with an intra-abdominal pregnancy was managed conservatively up to 34 weeks of gestation, when she was delivered via laparotomy.
Results:
Subsequently, both the mother and her infant had favorable maternal and fetal outcomes.
Conclusions:
This case is reported to highlight its successful outcome despite the difficulties in diagnosis and management in a low-resource setting such as the current authors'. (J GYNECOL SURG 34:102)
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