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Advanced tubal pregnancy at 30 weeks.

Koçak I, Dagdemir A, Yilmaz MS, Ustün C

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokus Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. idriskocak@hotmail.com

A case of advanced tubal pregnancy at 30 weeks is described. The placenta was implanted on the salpinx. Most tubal pregnancies become symptomatic within the first 12 weeks. A small number of tubal pregnancies have progressed beyond this. We present this unusual case of a 30-week tubal pregnancy situated in the proximal half of the tube that created a diagnostic dilemma.

Published 15 July 2005 in J Obstet Gynaecol Res, 31(4): 341-3.
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