Overview
- Suze Lopez, 41, learned she was pregnant during routine pre-surgery testing for cyst removal and returned days later with abdominal pain.
- MRI, ultrasound and bloodwork showed an empty uterus while a nearly full-term baby was developing in a small space near the liver.
- About 30 Cedars-Sinai specialists executed a single coordinated procedure that removed the benign ovarian cyst and delivered the infant.
- Lopez hemorrhaged during surgery and received 11 units of blood, while newborn Ryu required brief respiratory support and NICU care.
- Both mother and son recovered in the weeks after the August birth and are now home, with clinicians calling the case extraordinarily rare.