A mother gave birth to a healthy baby daughter after the fertilised egg attached to her liver instead of the uterus.
The extremely rare and dangerous condition, known as a Hepatic Ectopic Pregnancy, was the first to ever take place at the hospital.
Doctors said it was only the fourth known case around the world with a happy outcome for both mother and baby.
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A Hepatic Ectopic Pregnancy occurs when the fertilised egg implants in the liver instead of the uterus.
It often leads to severe internal bleeding due to the liver’s rich blood supply, with a very high mortality risk.
Doctors at the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital in San Martín de Porres, near Lima, Peru, called it a “double miracle of life”.
Health minister Luis Quiroz Avilés said the 19-year-old mother underwent a highly complex surgery to save her life and the newborn.
The baby girl weighed a healthy 7.9lbs (3.6kg).
The minister said it was the first successful case of its kind in Peru and only the fourth in the world, as reported by Need To Know.
According to experts, 96% of ectopic pregnancies, those occurring outside the uterus, take place in the fallopian tube.
Only 4% occurs in the abdominal area.
In this case, the fertilised egg implanted in the liver, and the foetus was nourished through the organ’s arteries.
What also makes this case unique is that the baby reached 40 weeks of gestation, while the three previous cases were born at 36 weeks.
The mother gave birth to her daughter via caesarean section at the Carlos Lanfranco La Hoz Hospital in Puente Piedra.
She then had to be transferred to the Cayetano Heredia National Hospital for a highly complex surgery because the placenta could not be removed due to excessive bleeding.
She underwent an embolization procedure using interventional radiology, which involved closing the arteries that supplied blood to the placenta.
“The patient is now out of danger and is currently stable and ready for discharge”, said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health.
Mother and baby went home on Wednesday (3 Dec).
