CASE REPORT: Intramural Pregnancy: An Intriguing Diagnosis in a Resource Constraint Practice

West Afr J Med. 2024 July; 41(7): 831-835 PMID: 39357067

Abstract

A 30-year-old G4P1+2(1 alive) woman with a history of cervical incompetence initially presented at a gestational age (GA) of 10 weeks and 6 days with lower abdominal pain and was managed conservatively as a case of threatened miscarriage. She re-presented two weeks later and was admitted on account of lower abdominal pain and spotting per vagina of 4hrs duration. An obstetric ultrasound revealed an intrauterine pregnancy invading the posterior myometrium with thinning of the uterine wall and hemoperitoneum. She subsequently had an exploratory laparotomy, evacuation of the hemoperitoneum, separation of the fetus from the myometrium, and repair with no. 2 vicryl suture. The patient recovered satisfactorily and had two units of whole blood transfused. She was managed with analgesics, hematinics and broad-spectrum antibiotics. She was discharged on the 4th post-operative day to be followed up at the gynaecological clinic.