Background: An ovarian heterotopic pregnancy is a rare entity associated with life-threatening consequences in case of delayed diagnosis. Case: A 33-year-old nulliparous woman with idiopathic primary infertility underwent a cycle of ovulation induction using Clomiphene Citrate and intrauterine insemination. Although the patient was asymptomatic, the ultrasound demonstrated a missed abortion wit...

Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare and life-threatening condition which is defined as coexistent intrauterine and ectopic gestation. The risk of ectopic and heterotopic pregnancy is increasing due to the increased risk of multiple pregnancies with the aid of assisted reproductive technologies. However, it hardly happens in the setting of single embryo transfer, since single embryo transfer signifi...

OBJECTIVE To report on a case of heterotopic triplet pregnancy after in utero transfer of three embryos obtained by in vitro fertilization (IVF), with progression of the intrauterine twin pregnancy after resection of the cornual pregnancy. DESIGN Technique and instrumentation. SETTING Département de Médecine de la Reproduction, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France. PATIENTS A 32-year-old...

Heterotopic pregnancy is defined as the coexistence of intrauterine and extrauterine gestation. It was first reported in 1708 as an autopsy finding. The incidence was originally estimated on theoretical basis to be 1 in 30,000 pregnancies. However, more recent data indicate that the rate is higher because of assisted reproduction and is approximately 1 in 7,000 overall and as high as 1 in 900 w...

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% i...

Heterotopic pregnancy is rare in natural conception and most often presents as life threatening emergency like acute abdomen and hemorrhagic shock. In early unruptured stages, it presents nonspecifically, mimicking normal or abnormal pregnancy manifestations. A high index of suspicion and a definitive search for it even after confirming normal intrauterine gestation is needed. This little effor...

Heterotopic pregnancy (HP) means simultaneous presence of intrauterine and extra uterine gestations. It’s a very rare condition having bilateral tubal Ectopic pregnancy. We had case young female 27 yrs. age with spontaneous conception severe andominal pain. Ultrasound suggestive unilateral Tubal ectopic ovarian cyst. performed laparoscopy found salpingectomy cystectomy. Early Diagnosis timely t...