Bollapragada Shrikant S, Bandyopadhyay Subhayu, Serle Elisabeth, Baird Clive
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ayrshire Central Hospital, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, United Kingdom.
Fertil Steril. 2005 Mar;83(3):767-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.07.970.
To report a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy.
Case report.
Maternity unit at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom.
PATIENT(S): A healthy 38-year-old woman with a history of bilateral salpingectomy.
INTERVENTION(S): Ultrasound scan and serum beta hcG used to diagnose the pregnancy and for follow-up.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Recognition and successful management of the pregnancy.
RESULT(S): The patient was diagnosed with a noncontinuing pregnancy that resolved spontaneously.
CONCLUSION(S): A MEDLINE search revealed that this is the first reported case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy in the English-language literature and possibly only the second in world literature.