Delayed interval delivery in triplet pregnancy: report of a single case and review of the literature.
A case report of delayed delivery of 99 days in a triplet pregnancy is presented. A triplet pregnancy in a single uterus resulted from Pergonal stimulation of ovulation. At 23.5 weeks' gestation, the first triplet delivered after spontaneous rupture of membranes. Ninety-nine days later, the remaining two fetuses were delivered, the second one stillborn after intrauterine death at 37 weeks of gestation, and the third fetus a normal viable female consistent with 37.5 weeks' gestation. This is the longest interval of delayed delivery discovered from a literature review, and the only such instance of triplet pregnancy in a single uterus.
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000175:diagnosis; D005322:Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D014310:Triplets; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000150:complications