title: Advanced abdominal pregnancy in an Ethiopian mother: case report.
abstract: A case of advanced abdominal pregnancy in a twenty three year old nullipara is presented. The patient presented with antepartum haemorrhage and underwent surgery for a suspected placenta praevia totalis. Alive female baby weighing 3000 gms was delivered from the left broad ligament. The clinical course is discussed and the literature reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deneke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010923:Placenta Previa / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology