Abstract
Abdominal pregnancy is classified among the rare cases of ectopic pregnancy. There are a few cases in which this kind of pregnancy continues for a considerably long period, shows specific progress and exerts important influences on mother and infant. The authors recently encountered two cases of abdominal pregnancy in succession.
Case I: A nulliparous thirty-one-years-old woman was found to have an abdominal pregnancy through cesarean section. She delivered a mature baby 2, 800gm, in weight, who died three days after birth as a result of respiratory distress. Placenta remained in the abdominal cavity, but no particular subjective or objective impairment was recognized during the course of observation.
Case II: An emergency operation on a nulliparous twenty-six-years-old woman inter-rupted an early-stage abdominal pregnancy, which was confirmed by histo-pathological studies.
Considering the symptoms, progress of pregnancy and clinical observation during and after surgery, both cases were assumed to be secondary abdominal pregnancies.
This report summarized the pathogenesis, progress and medical treatment of these two rare cases and includes a discussion of references
