Continuation of abdominal pregnancy complicated by preeclampsia three weeks after birth of an intrauterine twin.
A case of heterotopic pregnancy in a 22-year-old multigravida is presented. The extrauterine baby was delivered alive three weeks after the intrauterine pregnancy had ended at term in spite of an associated preeclampsia. The inhibition of lactation resulting from the continuation of the extrauterine pregnancy resulted in marasmus for the first baby. The implications and especially the etiology of preeclampsia occurring in extrauterine pregnancy are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000150:complications*; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000151:congenital; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic