A case report of an advanced abdominal pregnancy with live fetus

Advanced abdominal pregnancy has been reported one case per 85،000 births. Usually ectopic pregnancies or tubal pregnancy are aborted in the intraperitoneal cavity and then absorbed، but their placental connection might remain in unusual way or re-implantation elsewhere into the abdominal cavity and grow in abdominal pregnancy form. The rates of maternal and fetal mortality are increasing in abdominal pregnancy. In this study، a 32 abtrominal pregnancy case with the live fetus is repoted. Case report: A 36 years old Iranian women، with32 weeks gestational age، undergoing emergency abdominal laparotomy due to fetal distress with suspected placental abruption and the live boy fetus with weight 1800 grams placed in the abdomen below the diaphragm into the blood and amniotic fluid، and the mother underwent hysterectomy surgery. Considering the high mortality of abdominal pregnancy، abdominal pregnancy should be diagnosed early in patient with risk factor and suspicious symptoms. Thus if necessary action are taken، maternal and fetal mortality might be decreased