ectopic pregnancy (ep) and miscarriage are important differential diagnosis of first trimester vaginal bleeding. in first trimester, serum progesterone value can be 5-20 ng/ml in ep and miscarriage. since delay in diagnosis of ep could have high mortality and morbidity, the aim of this study was comparison of serum progesterone value in ep and miscarriage in order to differentiate these conditi...

background: bilateral ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition and is divided in two subgroups, primary and secondary, based on history of assisted reproductive technology. case presentation: a 30 year old primigravid woman with history of infertility and ovulation induction presented to a hospital in kashan in year 2013. she had vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain and ultrasound findings suggested e...

background: ectopic pregnancy is one of the pathologic entities that it destroys the fallopian tube and impairs the future pregnancy. there are different medical and surgical therapies in order the treatment and reserve of fertility. the aim of this report is discuss a case of successful intrauterine after management of ectopic pregnancy with local injection of kcl in an infertile pcod patient....

background: ovarian pregnancy constitutes 0.15-3% of all ectopic pregnancies. the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is on the rise owing to evolution in assisted reproductive techniques (art). the incidence reported following in vitro fertilization (ivf) or embryo transfer (et) is 0.27% per clinical pregnancy. case: we present a case of a 13-weeks ovarian pregnancy following ivf-et and through a r...

IMPORTANCE The rapid identification and accurate diagnosis of women who may have an ectopic pregnancy is critically important for reducing the maternal morbidity and mortality associated with this condition. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the accuracy and precision of the patient history, clinical examination, readily available laboratory values, and sonography in the diagnosis of ectopic...

background: ectopic pregnancy is one of the main problems in women in reproductive age that needs special attention and appropriate strategy should be managed. in some cases expectant management seems good strategy without any medicine or surgery and their possible side effects. but are the outcomes always the same? which outcomes should we expect? case: we have reported 2 patients whose ectopi...

Cervical pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy in which implantation occurs in the cervical mucosa below the level of the internal os of the uterus. In the past, especially when diagnostic tools like ultrasonography or MRI were unavailable, many patients frequently encountered life-threatening, uncontrollable hemorrhage either spontaneously or when the implant was evacuated by curettage...

background:   objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the expression of enos in the fts of women with tep.   materials and methods: in this case-control study, a total number of 30fts samples were obtained from three groups including: 10 fts of women that bearing an ep, 10 fts from the non-pregnant women at luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, and 10 fts of healthy pregnant women (n=10...

Background: IL-6 is a proinflammatory and immunoregulatory cytokine to be very high in endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease, which are known risk factors for ectopic pregnancy(EP). The effects of IL-6 on target cells occur via the formation of a high-affinity complex with IL-6Ra that expressed in the cilia of the epithelial cells. In the present study,we compared expression of IL-6Ra i...

Methotrexate, a folic acid antagonist, is an effective treatment for early unruptured ectopic pregnancy. Several treatment regimens are available. Methotrexate is more effective when used to treat ectopic pregnancies with lower human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels. However, there is no consensus on a threshold value that best predicts success or failure. Methotrexate can be used to treat e...