A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula

This is a report on a 72-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with passage of fetal bones through an umbilical fistula. She was diagnosed as a case of demised abdominal pregnancy, which had been retained for 26 years. She subsequently had exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the abdominal pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Daniel, Nnadi, Bashir, Bello, Ibrahim, Ango, Swati, Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24639908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/932525
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Sumario:This is a report on a 72-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with passage of fetal bones through an umbilical fistula. She was diagnosed as a case of demised abdominal pregnancy, which had been retained for 26 years. She subsequently had exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the abdominal pregnancy, hysterectomy, and bowel resection. The patient's condition remained unstable throughout the postoperative period and she died from septicemia on the eleventh day.

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