Heterotopic pregnancy in a natural conception cycle presenting with tubal rupture: a case report and review of the literature

Background: Heterotopic pregnancy is a potentially fatal condition, rarely occurring in natural conception cycles. Case: We report such a case in a 28-year old para 0, gravida 1 woman with no known risk factors. The ectopic pregnancy was diagnosed after rupturing at 11 weeks, 4 weeks after diagnosis...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology 2003-01, Vol.106 (1), p.79-82
Main Authors: Varras, Michael, Akrivis, Christodoulos, Hadjopoulos, Grigorios, Antoniou, Nikolaos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Comorbidity
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Fallopian Tube Diseases - etiology
Fallopian Tube Diseases - surgery
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Haemoperitoneum
Heterotopic pregnancy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Laparotomy
Medical sciences
Natural conception cycle
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnancy, Ectopic - complications
Pregnancy, Ectopic - diagnosis
Pregnancy, Ectopic - surgery
Pregnancy, Multiple
Pregnancy, Tubal - complications
Pregnancy, Tubal - diagnosis
Pregnancy, Tubal - surgery
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Rupture, Spontaneous
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background: Heterotopic pregnancy is a potentially fatal condition, rarely occurring in natural conception cycles. Case: We report such a case in a 28-year old para 0, gravida 1 woman with no known risk factors. The ectopic pregnancy was diagnosed after rupturing at 11 weeks, 4 weeks after diagnosis of the intrauterine pregnancy, and resected via laparotomy. A healthy baby was delivered without complications at 40 weeks gestation. Conclusion: Heterotopic pregnancy is possible with natural conception and the survival of the intrauterine fetus is feasible.
ISSN:0301-2115
1872-7654
DOI:10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00154-9