WikiJournal of Medicine/Volume 1 Issue 2

While rare, abdominal pregnancies have a higher chance of maternal mortality, perinatal mortality and morbidity compared to normal and ectopic pregnancies, but on occasion a healthy viable infant can be delivered. Because tubal, ovarian and broad ligament pregnancies are as difficult to diagnose and treat as abdominal pregnancies, their exclusion from the most common definition of abdominal pregnancy has been debated. Others - in the minority - are of the view that abdominal pregnancy should be defined by a placenta implanted into the peritoneum.

Ultrasonography of a cervical pregnancy.

This is a gallery of medical images contributed by Mikael Häggström by 2014.

Image of a human embryo at 7th weeks of gestational age.

Image of obstetricians performing a cesarean section.