Heterotopic pregnancy

J Emerg Med. 1989 Jan-Feb;7(1):33-5. doi: 10.1016/0736-4679(89)90407-1.

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain 36 hours after a therapeutic abortion. A positive pregnancy test was thought to be related to the recently terminated intrauterine gestation. The patient was admitted for observation. When monitoring revealed intraabdominal hemorrhage, exploratory surgery was performed and a ruptured tubal pregnancy discovered. The patient recovered uneventfully. The incidence, predisposing factors, and diagnosis of simultaneous intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancy are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen*
  • Abortion, Therapeutic
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Pain / etiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / surgery
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / epidemiology
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / surgery
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnosis
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery