title: A 26-year-old retained demised abdominal pregnancy presenting with umbilical fistula.
abstract: This is a report on a 72-year-old postmenopausal woman who presented with passage of fetal bones through an umbilical fistula. She was diagnosed as a case of demised abdominal pregnancy, which had been retained for 26 years. She subsequently had exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the abdominal pregnancy, hysterectomy, and bowel resection. The patient's condition remained unstable throughout the postoperative period and she died from septicemia on the eleventh day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Nnadi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Bello
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bashir
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Ango
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Usmanu Dan-Fodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), PMB 2370, Sokoto, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Singh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swati