1. [Combined pregnancy: a case report and literature review].
- Author
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Shih HM, Li YT, Yeh KC, and Hsu KP
- Subjects
- Adult, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Ectopic etiology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Ectopic surgery
- Abstract
Combined or heterotopic pregnancy has been regarded as extremely rare in the past three decades. If it continues without diagnosis, a life-threatening situation may occur. A case of eight-week gestation is presented in which there was threatened abortion. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy for internal bleeding. Upon operation, combined pregnancy, with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, was diagnosed. Left salpingectomy was performed uneventfully. Neither chronic salpingitis nor administration of ovulation-induction agents was part of past history. A viable ongoing intrauterine pregnancy continued after operation, and a normal male was delivered by cesarean section after a 39-week gestation where labor progressed too slowly for normal delivery.
- Published
- 1993