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Term extrauterine pregnancy in a Nigerian mother: a complication of uterine dehiscence.

Adesiyun AG, Audu AI

Department of Obstetrics Gynaecology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria/P.O. Box 204, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria, biyi.adesiyun@yahoo.com.

Abdominal pregnancy is an uncommon but life-threatening form of ectopic pregnancy. It is associated with high maternal/fetal morbidity and mortality. We present a rare case of term abdominal pregnancy resulting from anterior uterine wall dehiscence, in a 36-year-old woman with three previous caesarean sections. The diagnosis was made at laparotomy for the fourth "caesarean section".

Published 1 May 2008 in Arch Gynecol Obstet.
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