A fatal maternal outcome after delayed delivery in a midtrimester abdominal pregnancy.
Abdominal pregnancy has been reported to have a maternal mortality rate of 0% to 18%. Presence of the condition is difficult to diagnose, but such features as failure to induce labor after an apparent intrauterine fetal death should make one suspect it. Ultrasound examination may be misleading.
D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D015232:Dinoprostone; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000209:etiology; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D011458:Prostaglandins E / Q000008:administration & dosage
D011458:Prostaglandins E; D015232:Dinoprostone