PEDIATRICS Vol. 53 No. 5 May 1974, pp. 760-761
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Infant Survival Following Protracted Fetoplacental Separation

Ronald W. Coen M.D.1, Lu-Ann Papile M.D.1, Rolando Flgueroa M.D.1, and Virginia M. Henderson M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics-Gynecology, School of Medicine, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131

The following case study reports on the survival of a male infant following complete fetoplacental abruption of 75 minutes' duration. The mechanisms by which he survived are unclear.

CASE REPORT

At 30 to 32 weeks' gestation a 16-year-old female who claimed she was unaware of this, her first pregnancy, had a spontaneous and complete fetoplacental separation, with delivery into a toilet. Not realizing the significance of what had happened, she phoned her mother who lived approximately 30 minutes from the site of the delivery. In the meantime she removed the fetoplacental mass from the toilet without rupturing the chorioamnion and placed it in a paper sack.