Bakersfield woman with 22-pound ovarian cyst discovers she's pregnant. Baby 'defied all the odds'
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A 41-year-old nurse from Bakersfield who was scheduled to have a 22-pound ovarian cyst removed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles was surprised to learn that she was also carrying a nearly full-term baby.The operation to remove the cyst and deliver a healthy baby defied long odds — requiring 30 medical experts — but was a stunning success.The nurse, Suze Lopez, found out she was pregnant during a routine test required before the cyst removal surgery.Three days later, she started experiencing abdominal pain and went to Cedars-Sinai to get it checked out, according to a hospital news release published this week.
She got another surprise: The baby was not in her womb.Lopez had high blood pressure and after she underwent an MRI, blood work and ultrasound, the doctors discovered that she had an ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus, often pressing on organs or blood vessels.The baby had grown inside Lopez’s abdomen and pushed the large cyst forward.
“Suze was pregnant, but her uterus was empty, and a giant benign ovarian cyst weighing over 20 pounds was taking up so much space,” said John Ozimek, medical director of labor and delivery, in the release.“We then discovered a nearly full-term baby boy in a small space in the abdomen, near the liver, with his butt resting on the uterus.
A pregnancy this far outside the uterus that continues to develop is almost unheard of.”In an ectopic pregnancy, the placenta can’t safely grow, increasing the chances of maternal bleeding and fetal death, according to the release.It’s rare for an infant to survive in such a circumstance and if they do, usually face severe medical complications.
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