[Ectopic pregnancy carried to full term with a living infant]

A section delivery was performed for transverse lie on a fourth para of 38 years at the beginning of labour on term. Thereby a full term extrauterine gravidity was found. According to the placental insertion in the ampullar part of the tube, on the ovary and upon the visceral peritoneum it can be classified as tubo-abdominal pregnancy which probably had developed after rupture of a tubal pregnancy which initially was established in the ampullar part. Blood supply was accomplished mainly by the hypertrophied ovarian vessels of the right side. After removal of the amniotic sac and partial resection of the great omentum the uterus had to be amputated supracervically for excessive loss. The postoperative course was uneventful, mother and child were discharged healthy.