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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Published in:Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology 2014-01, Vol.2014 (2014), p.1-3
Main Authors: Daniel, Nnadi, Bashir, Bello, Ibrahim, Ango, Swati, Singh
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Language:English
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2090-6684
2090-6692
DOI:10.1155/2014/932525