La position des ovaires chez une femme enceinte

En bref : Les ovaires sont considérés des structures pelviennes (vrai pelvis), mais chez une femme enceinte, à partir du 3e trimestre, ils deviennent abdominaux.


Voici un extrait du Gray’s Anatomy(40e édition):

OVARIES
In the adult non-pregnant state, the ovaries lie on each side of the uterus close to the lateral pelvic wall, suspended in the pelvic cavity by a double fold of peritoneum, the mesovarium, which is attached to the upper limit of the posterior aspect of the broad uterine ligament.
... During pregnancy, the ovaries are lifted high in the pelvis and, by 14 weeks of gestation, become partly abdominal structures. By the third trimester they are totally abdominal structures and lie vertically behind and lateral to the parous uterus .
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