Pregnant Woman from Cyprus with Rare Ectopic Pregnancy Saved at Hadassah
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Press Release
A 30 year-old pregnant woman from Cyprus was flown to the Hadassah University Medical Center when her local physician, who was unable to locate the fetus, reached out to Hadassah for help. A 48-hour surgery at Hadassah saved her life.
Prof. David Linton, Director of Hadassah’s Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit, who is also a pilot, flew to Cyprus with a Hadassah team and brought the woman to Hadassah.
Following a series of tests, Hadassah’s obstetricians determined that the fetus was not in the woman’s uterus, nor in her Fallopian tube. Instead, they discovered, via an additional ultrasound test, that the fetus was under a kidney, next to a large blood vessel. According to the medical literature, this is only the second case of such an ectopic pregnancy ever reported!
Because the growing fetus could tear the woman’s aorta and kill her, it was necessary to terminate the pregnancy. When the woman began to bleed heavily following the termination, vascular surgeons and radiologists were called in. They discovered that the uterus had already damaged several blood vessels and even penetrated the envelope of her abdomen. The Hadassah team was, however, able to control the bleeding and save the woman’s life without damaging her kidney.
Πηγή: https://www.hadassahinternational.org/news/article.asp?id=2199
