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Woman carries foetus inside liver in 'exceptionally rare' ectopic pregnancy case
Updated On: 17 December, 2021 08:01 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilised egg, instead of getting implanted in the uterine cavity, gets stuck somewhere else. Only 14 cases of ectopic pregnancies in the liver had been reported in the world between 1964 and 1999

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In bizarre news, a 33-year-old Canadian woman found there was a foetus growing inside of her liver. The news was revealed by the doctor, who diagnosed the strange condition. Talking about this rare medical case, Dr Michael Narvey, paediatrician at Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba in Canada uploaded a video on social media site TikTok.
According to NDTV, Dr Narvey said, "I thought I had seen it all: a 33-year-old woman comes in with a 14-day history of menstrual bleeding and 49 days since her last menstrual period. "On examination, what the doctor found was an ectopic pregnancy in the woman's liver, reported The Sun.


