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Abdominal pregnancy: MRI coronal position. The fetus is located at the left rear side of the uterus
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The diagnosis was confirmed after magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (Fig. 1).
Abdominal pregnancy as seen during the operation. The gestational sac is located behind the uterus
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During the operation, the gestational sac was seen behind the uterus, with a formed fetus in it, and the amniotic fluid was clear (Fig. 2).
During the operation in CASE 13, the pregnancy sac was found to be located in the peritoneum inside the uterosacral ligament
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The implantation sites of the gestational sac were bladder peritoneal reflection, anterior rectal wall, greater omentum, uterine serosa, medial uterosacral ligament, or uterosacral ligament (Fig. 3).
Timeline of diagnosis and treatment procedures for all 17 cases
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The primary method of preoperative evaluation was ultrasound, and it was not until 2020 that MRI and angiography were first added to preoperative diagnostic procedures for suspected abdominal pregnancies (Fig. 4).