Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy after 11 Years of Bilateral Tubal Ligation

Spontaneous bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy.

A 28-year-old woman presented at eight weeks and four days of gestation, according to her menstrual dates, complaining of painless vaginal bleeding for three days. Her urinary pregnancy test was positive. Initial transvaginal ultrasound demonstrated an irregular complex structure with a fluid filled centre in the right adnexum. Despite the diagnosis of a possible underlying unruptured right tub...

Ectopic pregnancy after tubal sterilization.

Tubal sterilization is an increasingly common method of contraception. Although pregnancy after sterilization is uncommon, it can occur and may be ectopic. It is widely believed that any pregnancies after tubal sterilization will generally occur during the first year or two year after the procedure. Surprisingly, failures are not limited to the first year or two, but continued to appear at each...

Tubal ectopic pregnancy following bilateral salphingectomies.

The reported incidence of ectopic pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomies is very low. We present a 31-year-old woman, who had an ectopic pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomies for previous ectopic pregnancies. A high index of suspicion for pregnancy is prudent to avoid missing an ectopic pregnancy despite a history of bilateral salpingectomies. Not all cases of ectopic pregnancies present...

Tubal ectopic pregnancy two years after laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy

BACKGROUND Ectopic pregnancy after hysterectomy is a very rare condition, but it must be kept in mind in women with history of hysterectomy who present with abdominal pain and ecographic adnexal heterogeneous images. Since first described by Wendeler in 1895, at least 67 ectopic pregnancies (tubal, ovarian and abdominal) have been described in patients subjected to prior hysterectomy. CASE PR...

Molar Pregnancy Presents as Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy