Heterotopic pregnancy, a hidden hazard of intrauterine pregnancy

Year 2013, Volume: 30 Issue: 3, - , 05.11.2013

Fatma Devran Bıldırcın , Yüksel Isık

Abstract

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) is the occurrence of an extrauterine pregnancy simultaneously with an intrauterine pregnancy. It is a rare event, with an incidence of 1:3.889. Complications of extrauterine pregnancy range from acute abdominal pain to hemorrhagic shock and other life-threatening consequences. Herein, we report the case of a gravid 1 para 0 woman with heterotopic pregnancy who underwent right salpingectomy.

Keywords

Ectopic; heterotopic; pregnancy; salpingectomy

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