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Extrauterine
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ectopic pregnancy
or extrauterine pregnancy

Condition in which a fertilized egg is imbedded outside the uterus (see fertilization). Early on, it may resemble a normal pregnancy, with hormonal changes, amenorrhea, and development of a placenta. Later, most patients have pain as the growing embryo stretches the structure it is attached to. Rupture may cause life-threatening bleeding. A tubal pregnancy may result from obstruction of the egg's passage through the fallopian tube. In an ovarian pregnancy, the egg is fertilized before it leaves the ovary. Implantation elsewhere in the abdomen is an abdominal pregnancy.

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Extrauterine
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extrauterine
Jan 01, 2008; extrauterine (eks-tră- yoo -teryn) adj. outside the uterus.
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Uterine-like Mass With Features of an Extrauterine Adenomyoma Presenting 22 Years After Total Abdominal Hysterectomy-Bilateral Salpingo-oophorectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Aug 01, 2005; Adenomyoma is a benign tumor composed of smooth muscle and benign endometrium. These tumors typically originate within the...
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Primary extrauterine adenosarcoma: Report of 2 cases
Jan 01, 2008; ABSTRACT Mllerian adenosarcoma is a rare neoplasm and has different clinical behavior according to localization and grade of...
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Maternal Cigarette Smoking, Metabolic Enzyme Polymorphism, and Developmental Events in the Early Stages of Extrauterine Life
Apr 01, 2004; Abstract The recent observation that maternal ACP1 genotype has an interactive effect with smoking on intrauterine development...
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Sex differential patterns in perinatal deaths in Italy
Dec 01, 2002; Abstract In industrialized countries, male excess is generally found in early deaths, despite the overall decrease in mortality....
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