[Intramural gravidity - case report and account of literature (author's transl)]

Reference is made to a report on intramural pregnancy, the twelfth case so far described in accessible literature, and the authors' own views on the possible origin of this extremely rare location of pregnancy are added to other assumptions so far made on the pathogenesis. The hypothetical proposition made by the author's is based on the assumption of transperitoneal penetration of the uterine wall by the spermovium via a focus of endometriosis. Described are case histories, symptoms, tentative diagnoses, and surgical approach in the cases so far observed.