A Case of Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy Presenting with Heart Activity of Both Embryos
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Copyright © 2012. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology Ectopic pregnancy refers to the implantation of a viable embryo outside the uterine corpus. Heterotopic pregnancy is diagnosed in the presence of simultaneous gestations at two or more implantation sites. Its occurrence is rare in spontaneous conception with an incidence of 1:30,000, while the incidence is found to be as high as 1% in pregnancy by assisted reproductive technology [1]. We report a case of a spontaneous heterotopic pregnancy that was diagnosed by visualization of heart activity in both intrauterine and extra-uterine gestations.
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