title: Laparoscopic treatment of early retroperitoneal abdominal pregnancy implanted on inferior vena cava.
abstract: The case of an early retroperitoneal abdominal pregnancy implanted on inferior vena cava successfully resected through laparoscopic surgery is reported here. A 28-year-old woman presented with vaginal spotting and amenorrhrea for 7(+5) weeks. Although a diagnosis of right cornual ectopic pregnancy by transvaginal ultrasound was made and a laparoscopic wedge resection of the left uterine cornus was performed, the beta-human chorionic gonadotropin level remained high. Abdominal ultrasonography and computerized tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a 3.4x2.6 cm sized hypervascular cystic mass along the anterior aspect of the Inferior vena cava. A diagnosis of retroperitoneal abdominal pregnancy was made and a laparoscopic resection was performed. This is the first retroperitoneal abdominal pregnancy that has been treated through laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Eulji University, Daejeon, Seo-gu, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Uk
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Chang-Nam
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ki-Hwan
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In-Taek
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Young-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Min-Koo
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byung-Sun
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Yoon-Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Joo-Seung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014599:Uterus / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*