title: Primary abdominal pregnancy in the spleen: a case report.
abstract: The spleen was the source of hemorrhage in a 27-yr-old woman, known to be 6 wk pregnant when she presented in acute shock for intra-abdominal bleeding requiring immediate resuscitation and emergency laparotomy. Microscopic examination of the splenectomy specimen demonstrated a primary pregnancy implanted within the subcapsular splenic parenchyma.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology