Combined intrauterine and extrauterine gestation. A rare cause of acute abdominal pain

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2001 Mar;265(1):51-2. doi: 10.1007/s004040000120.

Abstract

This is the report of a patient, that had without using any assisted reproduction technology (ART) the rare event of a heterotopic pregnancy. After verifying the intrauterine pregnancy by ultrasound, the ectopic tubal pregnancy (EP) was detected at an emergency abdominal surgery as the cause of an intraabdominal hemorrhage. After removal the further pregnancy was uncomplicated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain*
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Emergency Treatment
  • Fallopian Tube Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / complications
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / surgery
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Ultrasonography