title: Sonographic diagnosis of a viable abdominal pregnancy with planned delivery after fetal lung maturation.
abstract: We report a case of a viable abdominal pregnancy with successful outpatient management until fetal lung maturation and planned delivery. Advanced abdominal pregnancy is a very rare extrauterine pregnancy, which results in serious maternal and fetal morbidity. A 28-year-old nullipara was referred from the local clinic to our tertiary center at 18 weeks' gestation. We diagnosed an extrauterine fetus on sonographic examination. The patient had weekly antenatal sonographic examinations. We performed a planned laparotomy at 34 weeks' gestation, and a female baby weighing 2,100 g was delivered. The placenta was completely removed and the uterus was preserved. Both the mother and the baby had no postoperative morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Ju
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Won Joon
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Yoon Soon
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000196:embryology*; D010920:Placenta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*
keywords: abdominal pregnancy; antenatal imaging; extrauterine pregnancy; obstetrics; ultrasonography