title: Abdominal pregnancy in a baboon: a first case report.
abstract: The abdominal pregnancy is a rare, but life threatening complication of ectopic embryo implantation. Only three cases of abdominal pregnancy have been previously described in primates: in a squirrel monkey, owl monkey and in a rhesus macaque. A 14-year-old wild-caught olive baboon (Papio cynocephalus anubis) was diagnosed at the ultrasound examination with advanced gestational age extrauterine pregnancy. At the initial laparotomy and necropsy the diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy was made on Studdiford's criteria. This case indicates the possibility of developing a model for further study of different types of ectopic pregnancy and indicates a cesarean section as a risk factor for abdominal pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. nschlabr@sfbr.org
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Schlabritz-Loutsevitch
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Dick
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Nathanielsz
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010215:Papio; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000662:veterinary*