Tuesday, June 9, 2015

PHOTO: 12 Week Fetus from a Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy



This fetus was conceived in an ectopic pregnancy, and removed by an operation. The pregnancy was documented by Dr. Heron Werner of Rio, Brazil in 2006.

Monday, December 29, 2014

PHOTO: Fetus Terminated At 22 Weeks for Hand Anomaly



This baby was terminated at 22 weeks in Russia due to the absence of a hand.

This case was submitted to  SonoWorld by

Andrey Volkov, MD, PhD.
 Department of Obstetric and Gynecology ¹ 1 Rostov Medical University, Rostov on Don, Russia.

PHOTO: Illegal Abortion at 24 Weeks



India An unqualified nurse attempted to abort this third female fetus at 24 weeks gestation. The mother had to be treated in hospital. The surgeons pulled out this baby missing her two arms and with rib cage exposed.

This picture was taken from a medical paper:


Severe Intraabdominal Trauma In Illegal Abortion: A Case Report 
G Gole, U Santpur, R Kaul
The Internet Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics,
Volume 16, Number 3. (2012)

Monday, August 11, 2014

PHOTO: Second Trimester Abortion

This photo is of the parts that remained after a second trimester abortion. The caption says that the skull was collapsed during the procedure.

 The photo was taken from this textbook on placental pathology:

 Rebecca N Baergen,
 Manual of Pathology of the Human Placenta: Second Edition (Google eBook)
Springer Science & Business Media, Jan 6, 2011

P. 15

VIDEO: Miscarried Embryo at 5 Weeks

This is a youtube video showing several fetus/embryos filmed through embryoscopy (not to be confused with an embryoscope.)

I programed the video to start at the segment featuring the embryo of approximately 5 weeks.

This segment shows this miscarried embryo being removed because he was not delivered.

The video comes from Dr. Jesus Alberto Ruiz from the Medifertil clinic in Bogota, Colombia.




Thursday, August 7, 2014

PHOTO: Deceased Fetus in Uterus at 10 Weeks

This photo was taken from a collection of pathology photos. The mother died in the 10th week of gestation.



Source:
Pathorama
Image address: http://alf3.urz.unibas.ch/pathopic/getpic-img.cfm?id=9076

PHOTO: Miscarriage at 7 Weeks

This is a photo of an embryo with the amniotic cavity and placenta. The embryo died at 7 weeks.  The embryo and tissue was obtained by curettage (re: scraping).

The photo was submitted to a medical photos site by Dr.Georg Graf von Westphalen.