Early pregnancy on the diaphragm with endometriosis

Obstetrics and gynecology · 1977 · vol. 49(5) , pp. 620–2 · PMID:850582
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A young woman with endometriosis experienced intraabdominal bleeding from a primary pregnancy implanted on the right diaphragm, adjacent to three tiny foci of endometriosis.

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The source of hemorrhage in a young woman who required emergency laparotomy for intraabdominal bleeding was found to be a very early primary pregnancy implanted on the undersurface of the right diaphragm, far behind the dome of the liver. Immediately adjacent to this lesion were three tiny foci of endometriosis. This coincidence suggests that the site of nidation may have been a focus of ectopic endometrium rather than peritoneum.

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endometriosis

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Diaphragm Diaphragm Diaphragm Endometriosis Ovarian Neoplasms Pregnancy, Abdominal Adult Adult Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Female Humans Humans Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Pregnancy Pregnancy

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