Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Abdominal pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy that only accounts for less than 1% of cases. It can be primary or, more frequently, secondary to a tubal rupture. We report the case of a 22-year-old woman, first action, null, without any particular history. The patient, whose medical monitoring of pregnancy was irregular, had been consulted for acute abdominal pain with a 5-month delay in management. Laparotomy confirmed diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy. In our case, the abdominal pregnancy is secondary and due to the implantation of the egg in the peritoneal cavity following a tubal rupture. In developing countries, two factors explain the high incidence of abdominal pregnancy: high incidence of genital infections and poor pregnancy follow-up. case of abdominal pregnancy: high genital infection incidence and the poor pregnancy follow-up.
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4413594414