Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
An abdominal pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy in which the implantation site occurs in the abdominal cavity outside the female reproductive organs. There have been four reported cases that ruptured into the gastrointestinal tract and into the large intestine. We present the first case of an abdomin...
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| description | An abdominal pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy in which the implantation site occurs in the abdominal cavity outside the female reproductive organs. There have been four reported cases that ruptured into the gastrointestinal tract and into the large intestine. We present the first case of an abdominal pregnancy rupturing into the small intestine with a good outcome. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-74fc459153e44c45905d77efdf83f7c52025-08-20T03:34:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/80179378017937Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal HemorrhageApiradee Pichaichanlert0Vor Luvira1Nakhon Tipsunthonsak2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, ThailandDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, ThailandSurgery Unit, Khon Kaen Hospital, Khon Kaen, ThailandAn abdominal pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy in which the implantation site occurs in the abdominal cavity outside the female reproductive organs. There have been four reported cases that ruptured into the gastrointestinal tract and into the large intestine. We present the first case of an abdominal pregnancy rupturing into the small intestine with a good outcome.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8017937 |
| spellingShingle | Apiradee Pichaichanlert Vor Luvira Nakhon Tipsunthonsak Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| title_full | Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| title_fullStr | Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| title_short | Abdominal Pregnancy in the Small Intestine Presenting as Acute Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
| title_sort | abdominal pregnancy in the small intestine presenting as acute massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8017937 |
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