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A primigravida is admitted to the emergency department with a sharp, shooting pain in the lower abdomen and vaginal spotting. a ruptured tubal pregnancy is diagnosed. during what week of gestation does this condition most commonly occur

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Answer;

-Sixth week .

Explanation;

-In the sixth week the Fallopian tube can no longer expand to accommodate the size of the growing embryo. A tubal pregnancy cannot advance to the twelfth, sixteenth, or eighteenth week, because the tube cannot expand to accommodate the growing fetus.

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