Monday, July 28, 2014

PHOTO: Embryo at 7 Weeks

This is a photo of a 7-week embryo. It was taken from a pathology website and has the logo of Sainte-Justine's Hospital in Montreal.

There is no information about the cause of death.


PHOTO: Fetus at 27 Weeks Terminated by Feticide

This is a picture of a fetus terminated at 27 weeks by feticide (injection), and then delivered two weeks later. The photo was taken from a graduate thesis published at Laval University. The child had numerous genetic problems, but only a relatively small number of malformations were observed at the autopsy.




Source:
Macoura Gadji
Prenatal diagnosis and molecular characterization of two constitutional rings derived from one chromosome 22, 2005 
Thesis published at Laval University 

PHOTO: 8 Week Fetus From Ruptured Tubal Pregnancy

This eight-week-old fetus was extracted from a ruptured tubal pregnancy. The Crown-Rump Length and lack of defined digits suggests to me that it's 8 weeks LMP and not 8 weeks since fertilization.





Source: 
"Need for bedside emergency department ultrasonography: case report of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy"
Eric Laviolette, MD 
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2004;6(2):112-115

Sunday, July 27, 2014

PHOTO: Fetus at 12 Weeks

These two pictures of fetuses at 12 weeks contain the logo of Sainte Justine's Hospital in Montreal. They were obtained from this pathology website. There is no information about the kind of death.




PHOTO: Fetus at 14 Weeks


This photo is of a fetus at 14 weeks, and is labelled with the logo from Sainte-Justine Hospital in Montreal. It was taken from this pathology site.

There is no information about the way this child died.

PHOTO: Miscarriage 9 Weeks Gestation


This is a photo of a miscarriage dated to be around 9 weeks' gestation by Pathologist's Assistant Nicole Angemi on her blog.

PHOTO: Abortion at 16 Weeks



This photo is from the blog of Muhamad Na'im B Ab Razak, M.D, a doctor working in Malaysia. His caption for the photo says: A 16 weeks of gestation fetus who was terminated through cervagerm insertion due to severe uncontrolled chronic hypertension that is exacerbated by pregnancy. [Cervagerm is a pessary that causes miscarriage and is used for abortion.]

PHOTO: Tubal Pregnancy at 26 Weeks

This is a picture of a highly unusual phenomenon: a baby who survived an ectopic tubal pregnancy up to 26 weeks. The authors of the journal article cited another article of a case of a tubal pregnancy that had survived up to 26 weeks. Normally tubal pregnancies rupture by 12 weeks if nothing is done.

The fallopian tube, with the baby, and the ovary was removed.



Source: Sachan R, Gupta P, Patel ML. Second trimester unruptured ampullary ectopic pregnancy with variable pesentations: Report of two cases. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(8):1–4.

PHOTO: Tubal Pregnancy at 14 Weeks

This picture of a fetus who miraculously survived an ectopic tubal pregnancy to 14 weeks before the fallopian tube was removed to withdraw the child. (Normally the fallopian tube ruptures by the 12th week if nothing is done.)


Source: Sachan R, Gupta P, Patel ML. Second trimester unruptured ampullary ectopic pregnancy with variable pesentations: Report of two cases. International Journal of Case Reports and Images 2012;3(8):1–4.