Tubal pregnancy in a unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn: a case report

Fertil Steril. 1999 Aug;72(2):354-6. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(99)00212-5.

Abstract

Objective: To report a case of tubal pregnancy in a unicornuate uterus with rudimentary horn on the side of the rudiment and its pathology.

Design: Case report.

Setting: University hospital.

Patient: An 18-year-old woman, primigravida, with tubal pregnancy.

Intervention(s): Systemic administration of methotrexate, salpingectomy by laparotomy, and laparoscopic surgery for resection of rudimentary horn.

Main outcome measure(s): Emergent laparotomy revealed that the intraperitoneal hemorrhage was caused by the rupture of the tubal pregnancy on the same side as the rudimentary horn of the unicornuate uterus. A corpus luteum was found at the ipsilateral ovary of the rudimentary horn.

Result(s): Image diagnosis and pathological examination of the rudimentary horn revealed that this uterine malformation was a unicornuate uterus with a noncommunicated, noncavitary rudimentary horn, corresponding to class IIc of the American Fertility Society classification of müllerian anomalies.

Conclusion(s): This is the first report of a tubal pregnancy on the side of the noncommunicating rudimentary horn with the ipsilateral ovary carrying a corpus luteum in a unicornuate uterus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / therapeutic use
  • Adolescent
  • Fallopian Tubes / abnormalities*
  • Fallopian Tubes / pathology
  • Fallopian Tubes / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / pathology*
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / surgery
  • Uterus / abnormalities*
  • Uterus / pathology
  • Uterus / surgery

Substances

  • Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
  • Methotrexate