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Volume 350:417 January 22, 2004 Number 4
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Intraabdominal Pregnancy after Hysterectomy

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by Wiesenfeld, H. C.
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To the Editor: Wiesenfeld and Guido describe an unusual case of intraabdominal pregnancy occurring within a few weeks of hysterectomy (Oct. 16 issue).1 In postulating a possible mechanism to account for the timing of conception and implantation, they suggest that the patient's estimate of the date of her last menstrual period was incorrect.

I would like to propose that the patient's memory was in fact correct. The occurrence of her last period 6 days before surgery made the duration of gestation at diagnosis 12 weeks and 6 days. The crown–rump length, estimated on the basis of computed tomography (CT), suggested . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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