Spontaneous live unilateral twin ectopic pregnancy – A case presentation
Autor: | Shazia Mahsood, Hannah Shelton, Demetrios L. Economides, Suman Vohra, Khaled Zaedi |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Gynecology
Laparoscopic surgery medicine.medical_specialty Radiological and Ultrasound Technology biology Ectopic pregnancy business.industry Obstetrics Incidence (epidemiology) medicine.medical_treatment Early pregnancy factor Case Report medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Spontaneous conception biology.protein Medicine Positive Pregnancy Test Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Uterine cavity business Twin Pregnancy |
Popis: | The incidence of ectopic pregnancy has increased in recent years and now is around one in 100 pregnancies. However, the incidence of live twin ectopic pregnancy in a spontaneous conception is still quite rare. A 34-year-old gravida 3, para 0 presented in the Early Pregnancy Unit with a positive pregnancy test, lower abdominal pain and vaginal spotting. Her quantitative serum Beta hCG was high, and the transvaginal scan revealed an empty uterine cavity with a twin ectopic pregnancy in the left adnexa with cardiac activity in both embryos. The patient was taken for laparoscopic surgery and a left ampullary twin pregnancy was confirmed. She underwent a left salpingectomy and is well on a one-year follow-up. This case report discusses the incidence, diagnoses and treatment of ectopic pregnancies in general. |
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