Massive ascites due to abdominal pregnancy.

Hum Reprod

Academic Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, UK.

Published: February 1997

We describe a case of an abdominal pregnancy which presented in the first trimester with rapid accumulation of blood stained ascites. The ascites resolved completely following surgical removal of a gestational sac from the peritoneal cavity. The pathophysiology of ascites in this case may be similar to that in cases of ascites in other non-malignant gynaecological conditions.

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