Overview
- A routine preoperative pregnancy test before planned cyst removal led clinicians to detect a near‑term abdominal ectopic pregnancy.
- Imaging showed an empty uterus with a fetus growing in the abdomen near the liver, concealed behind the large ovarian mass.
- Surgeons removed the 22‑pound cyst and delivered the baby, Ryu, in one procedure with a roughly 30‑member multidisciplinary team.
- The mother experienced severe hemorrhage requiring 11 units of blood, and the newborn received initial respiratory support in the NICU for about two weeks.
- Doctors describe such near‑term abdominal pregnancies as almost unheard of, and both mother and child are now reported to be doing well at home.