TY - JOUR
T1 - Recurrent heterotopic pregnancy after repeated in-vitro fertilization treatment
AU - Raziel, Arie
AU - Friedler, Shevah
AU - Herman, Arie
AU - Strassburger, Deborah
AU - Maymon, Ron
AU - Ron-El, Raphael
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - We report a rare clinical case of recurrent heterotopic pregnancy in the same patient following in-vitro fertilization treatments. A 27 year old woman, who suffered from infertility for the last 4 years due to male factor, was being treated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection which resulted in two episodes of combined intrauterine and tubal pregnancy, in a 1 year period. The first ended in emergency salpingectomy by laparotomy and missed intrauterine abortion. The second was managed by laparoscopic salpingectomy and the synchronous pregnancy ended in the delivery of twins. The possibility of heterotopic pregnancy and recurrent heterotopic pregnancy, though rare, should be considered by every gynaecologist, especially those who use infertility treatment on patients.
AB - We report a rare clinical case of recurrent heterotopic pregnancy in the same patient following in-vitro fertilization treatments. A 27 year old woman, who suffered from infertility for the last 4 years due to male factor, was being treated by intracytoplasmic sperm injection which resulted in two episodes of combined intrauterine and tubal pregnancy, in a 1 year period. The first ended in emergency salpingectomy by laparotomy and missed intrauterine abortion. The second was managed by laparoscopic salpingectomy and the synchronous pregnancy ended in the delivery of twins. The possibility of heterotopic pregnancy and recurrent heterotopic pregnancy, though rare, should be considered by every gynaecologist, especially those who use infertility treatment on patients.
KW - Assisted reproductive technology
KW - Combined pregnancy
KW - Heterotopic pregnancy
KW - In-vitro fertilization-embryo transfer
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U2 - 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1810
DO - 10.1093/humrep/12.8.1810
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AN - SCOPUS:0030883082
SN - 0268-1161
VL - 12
SP - 1810
EP - 1812
JO - Human Reproduction
JF - Human Reproduction
IS - 8
ER -