introduction since abdominal pregnancies are mostly complicated, they are usually managed by laparotomy, but laparoscopy is an alternative method which some surgeons perform instead of laparotomy; especially in advanced pregnancy. case presentation we reported a 31 year old woman with last menstrual period of 18 weeks who had supra pubic pain and vaginal bleeding. after sonographic evaluations,...

ectopic pregnancy (ep) is a potentially life-threatening condition in which the embryo implants outside the uterine endometrial cavity. abdominal pregnancy is an atypical site wherein the product of conception lies totally outside the reproductive tract. primary abdominal pregnancy is a very rare condition with a high mortality rate. diagnosis is often late or misdiagnosed. the aim of introduci...

background: heterotopic abdominal pregnancy is a rare entity which poses unique management challenges. case: a 24-year-old gravida 1 woman with history of two years infertility and treatment with clomiphene citrate presented with acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain. heterotopic abdominal pregnancy was recognized at 16 weeks gestation by transvaginal ultrasound scan. we aimed to remove ect...

abdominal pregnancies are very uncommon and are misdiagnosed in half of the cases. we describe a case of abdominal pregnancy, which was misdiagnosed as pregnancy in a bicornuate uterus.the patient underwent operation urgently because of unstable hemodynamics. the spontaneously separated placenta and its bleeding site in the douglas pouch were seen. we could not use sutures for hemostasis so, th...

Abdominal pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy with high morbidity and mortality for both the mother and the fetus. Diagnosis can be challenging, especially in a resource-limited setting. We report a case of abdominal pregnancy that presented to Médecins Sans Frontières field hospital in Agok, South Sudan, with abdominal pain. Examination revealed a term pregnancy and a live fetus in t...