Abdominal pregnancy in a 67-year-old woman undetected for 37 years: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 633-635

  Frayer, Craig A ^a   Hibbert, Milo L ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lithopedion; Pregnancy, abdominal

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MISSED ABORTION; PATIENT CARE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032807945     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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