Calabash pregnancy: a malingering response to infertility complicated by domestic violence

This is a case report of a 20-year old para 0+0 who presented with an 11-month pregnancy. On evaluation, the pregnancy was found to be a fake made-up 'calabash pregnancy There were no pregnancy symptoms and she had just menstruated three weeks prior to presentation. This was a deliberate event in response to delayed pregnancy attainment complicated by domestic violence. Domestic violence was in the form of verbal and physical abuse and later was on a monthly basis precipitated by onset of her menstrual flow. The patient's age, monogamous union and the fact that she is an orphan made her vulnerable to domestic violence. A‰ste es un reporte de caso de una para 0 + 0 de 20 anos de edad, que se presentA³ con un embarazo de 11 meses. En la evaluaciA³n, se encontrA³ que se trataba de un embarazo de calabaza, es decir, inventado, fingido. En realidad, no habA­a ningAon sA­ntoma de embarazo, y habA­a tenido la menstruaciA³n tres semanas antes de presentarse. Se trataba de un acontecimiento deliberadamente construido, en respuesta a una largamente demorada expectativa de lograr un embarazo, complicada con violencia domA©stica. La violencia domA©stica seproducA­a enforma de abuso verbalyfA­sico, precipitAindose luego mensualmente con la apariciA³n de cadaflujo menstrual. La edad de los pacientes, la uniA³n monA³gama, y el hecho de que era huA©rfana, la hacA­a vulnerable a la violencia domA©stica.