Abdominal pregnancy in a baboon: a first case report
2004; Wiley; Volume: 33; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1046/j.1600-0684.2003.00044.x
ISSN1600-0684
AutoresNatalia Schlabritz‐Loutsevitch, Gene B. Hubbard, Patricia Frost, Larry B. Cummins, Edward J. Dick, Peter W. Nathanielsz, Timothy J. McDonald,
Tópico(s)Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
ResumoAbstract: The abdominal pregnancy is a rare, but life threatening complication of ectopic embryo implantation. Only three cases of abdominal pregnancy have been previously described in primates: in a squirrel monkey, owl monkey and in a rhesus macaque. A 14‐year‐old wild‐caught olive baboon ( Papio cynocephalus anubis ) was diagnosed at the ultrasound examination with advanced gestational age extrauterine pregnancy. At the initial laparotomy and necropsy the diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy was made on Studdiford's criteria. This case indicates the possibility of developing a model for further study of different types of ectopic pregnancy and indicates a cesarean section as a risk factor for abdominal pregnancy.
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