Nama Vivek, Gyampoh Bright, Karoshi Mahantesh, McRae Reynold, Opemuyi Isaac
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. George's Medical School, UK.
J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2007 Jul-Aug;14(4):516-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2007.02.005.
Although the case fatality rate for ectopic pregnancies has decreased to 0.08% in industrialized countries, it still represents 3.8% of maternal mortality in the United States alone. In developing countries, the case fatality rate varies from 3% to 27%. Laparoscopic management of tubal pregnancies is now the standard form of treatment where this technology is available. Abdominal pregnancies are rare, and secondary implantation of tubal ectopic pregnancies is the most common cause of abdominal gestations. We present an interesting case of secondary implantation of a tubal ectopic pregnancy to highlight the appendix as a possible secondary implantation site after a tubal ectopic pregnancy.
