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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-07a4192c2e194d8a9c4bb07f8aff22fc2025-02-03T05:45:57ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922014-01-01201410.1155/2014/932525932525A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical FistulaNnadi Daniel0Bello Bashir1Ango Ibrahim2Singh Swati3Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, NigeriaDepartment of Surgery, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, NigeriaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, NigeriaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, NigeriaThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/932525 |
| spellingShingle | Nnadi Daniel Bello Bashir Ango Ibrahim Singh Swati A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula |
| title_full | A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula |
| title_fullStr | A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula |
| title_short | A 26-Year-Old Retained Demised Abdominal Pregnancy Presenting with Umbilical Fistula |
| title_sort | 26 year old retained demised abdominal pregnancy presenting with umbilical fistula |
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