Cargando…

Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer

Uterosacral ligament (USL) is an uncommon site of implantation for abdominal ectopic pregnancies. This is the first case of USL heterotopic pregnancy post invitro fertilisation (IVF). The patient presented 6 weeks after a double embryo transfer with acute onset abdominal pain and was diagnosed with...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ku, Chee Wai, Ong, Isabella, Chan, Jerry Kok Yen, Ee, Tat Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8823037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35131787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246649
_version_ 1784646728965685248
author Ku, Chee Wai
Ong, Isabella
Chan, Jerry Kok Yen
Ee, Tat Xin
author_facet Ku, Chee Wai
Ong, Isabella
Chan, Jerry Kok Yen
Ee, Tat Xin
author_sort Ku, Chee Wai
collection PubMed
description Uterosacral ligament (USL) is an uncommon site of implantation for abdominal ectopic pregnancies. This is the first case of USL heterotopic pregnancy post invitro fertilisation (IVF). The patient presented 6 weeks after a double embryo transfer with acute onset abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a suspected live tubal ectopic pregnancy with a viable intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasound. A diagnostic laparoscopy revealed an ectopic pregnancy implanted on the left USL which was resected and confirmed on histology. The patient was discharged well on postoperative day 2 with a viable intrauterine pregnancy. This case highlights the importance of considering non-tubal heterotopic pregnancies in the context of risk factors including IVF with double embryo transfer presenting with abdominal pain.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8823037
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher BMJ Publishing Group
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-88230372022-02-17 Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer Ku, Chee Wai Ong, Isabella Chan, Jerry Kok Yen Ee, Tat Xin BMJ Case Rep Case Report Uterosacral ligament (USL) is an uncommon site of implantation for abdominal ectopic pregnancies. This is the first case of USL heterotopic pregnancy post invitro fertilisation (IVF). The patient presented 6 weeks after a double embryo transfer with acute onset abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a suspected live tubal ectopic pregnancy with a viable intrauterine pregnancy on ultrasound. A diagnostic laparoscopy revealed an ectopic pregnancy implanted on the left USL which was resected and confirmed on histology. The patient was discharged well on postoperative day 2 with a viable intrauterine pregnancy. This case highlights the importance of considering non-tubal heterotopic pregnancies in the context of risk factors including IVF with double embryo transfer presenting with abdominal pain. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8823037/ /pubmed/35131787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246649 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Case Report
Ku, Chee Wai
Ong, Isabella
Chan, Jerry Kok Yen
Ee, Tat Xin
Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title_full Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title_fullStr Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title_full_unstemmed Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title_short Abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-IVF double embryo transfer
title_sort abdominal heterotopic pregnancy post-ivf double embryo transfer
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8823037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35131787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246649
work_keys_str_mv AT kucheewai abdominalheterotopicpregnancypostivfdoubleembryotransfer
AT ongisabella abdominalheterotopicpregnancypostivfdoubleembryotransfer
AT chanjerrykokyen abdominalheterotopicpregnancypostivfdoubleembryotransfer
AT eetatxin abdominalheterotopicpregnancypostivfdoubleembryotransfer