https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944564/

Splenic ectopic pregnancy (SEP), a special abdominal pregnancy, is extremely rare but carries a high risk of potentially uncontrollable, life-threatening intraperitoneal bleeding at early gestation, which is equivalent to the spontaneous rupture of the spleen.

How would it be possible for an embryo to implant in the spleen?

Wouldn’t it require a ruptured uterus, and ruptured intestines … and the embryo somehow making its way up through the duodenum AND surviving the stomach?

Maybe there’s something I’m not understanding because the mechanics of this are baffling to me.

dv said:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944564/

Splenic ectopic pregnancy (SEP), a special abdominal pregnancy, is extremely rare but carries a high risk of potentially uncontrollable, life-threatening intraperitoneal bleeding at early gestation, which is equivalent to the spontaneous rupture of the spleen.

How would it be possible for an embryo to implant in the spleen?

Wouldn’t it require a ruptured uterus, and ruptured intestines … and the embryo somehow making its way up through the duodenum AND surviving the stomach?

Maybe there’s something I’m not understanding because the mechanics of this are baffling to me.

I can’t focus my brain on the article, but I’m understanding that the embryo is not IN the spleen. It’s ON the spleen. So it’s not travelling through the duodenum or stomach, but through the spaces (?) between.

I’ll wait for The Doctor to clarify the inner reproductive workings of female bodies.
The uterus doesn’t need to rupture for any ectopic pregnancy, AFAIK.

kii said:

dv said:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5944564/

Splenic ectopic pregnancy (SEP), a special abdominal pregnancy, is extremely rare but carries a high risk of potentially uncontrollable, life-threatening intraperitoneal bleeding at early gestation, which is equivalent to the spontaneous rupture of the spleen.

How would it be possible for an embryo to implant in the spleen?

Wouldn’t it require a ruptured uterus, and ruptured intestines … and the embryo somehow making its way up through the duodenum AND surviving the stomach?

Maybe there’s something I’m not understanding because the mechanics of this are baffling to me.

I can’t focus my brain on the article, but I’m understanding that the embryo is not IN the spleen. It’s ON the spleen. So it’s not travelling through the duodenum or stomach, but through the spaces (?) between.

I’ll wait for The Doctor to clarify the inner reproductive workings of female bodies.
The uterus doesn’t need to rupture for any ectopic pregnancy, AFAIK.

Scary.

The fallopian tube is open at the ovarian end. There are fimbriæ (finger-like things) that usually herd the released oocyte into the fallopian tube. Ectopic pregnancy usually occurs in the fallopian tube, when an embryo implants before it reaches the uterus. Abdominal ectopic pregnancy occurs when the embryo heads the wrong way up what should be a one way street and exits the fallopian tube at the ovarian end. Then the embryo implants on the surface of something, be it organ or abdominal wall, and in this case, the spleen.

The spleen is in the abdomen but not part of the digestive tract. It deals with blood, not comestibles.

Just Wait Until They Hear About The Trematode Migrations

“The fallopian tube is open at the ovarian end. There are fimbriæ (finger-like things) that usually herd the released oocyte into the fallopian tube”

This seems like a terrible design flaw. Thanks for all the information.

That Fucking God, Not So Intelligent A Designer After All Eh ¿

dv said:

“The fallopian tube is open at the ovarian end. There are fimbriæ (finger-like things) that usually herd the released oocyte into the fallopian tube”

This seems like a terrible design flaw. Thanks for all the information.

Yes, it needs workshopping. It is hypothesised that endometriosis occurs when endometrium travels up the fallopian tube and out the far end. This doesn’t explain all endo, but does the majority.

dv said:

“The fallopian tube is open at the ovarian end. There are fimbriæ (finger-like things) that usually herd the released oocyte into the fallopian tube”

This seems like a terrible design flaw. Thanks for all the information.

With 8 billion people alive today, you can’t say it doesn’t work.

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

“The fallopian tube is open at the ovarian end. There are fimbriæ (finger-like things) that usually herd the released oocyte into the fallopian tube”

This seems like a terrible design flaw. Thanks for all the information.

With 8 billion people alive today, you can’t say it doesn’t work.