Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 887-888, November 2000

Bilateral ectopic pregnancy after transfer of two embryos

  • Sigal Klipstein, M.D. (a)

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sigal Klipstein, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, East Campus, Room K317, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 (FAX: 617-667-5011 )
    • ,
  • Selwyn P Oskowitz (M.D.a,b)

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Boston IVF, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Received 14 December 1999; accepted 10 July 2000.

Abstract 

Objective: To report a case of bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy (EP) after the transfer of two embryos.

Design: Case report.

Setting: University hospital.

Patient(s): A 43-year-old multigravida with bilateral tubal pregnancy.

Intervention(s): Operative laparoscopy with right linear salpingostomy and left salpingectomy.

Main Outcome Measure(s): Laparoscopy revealed an unruptured left isthmic tubal EP and an unruptured right ampullary tubal EP.

Result(s): Pathology confirmed immature placental villi in the right tube and placental tissue in the left tube. The patient was discharged home without incident on the day after surgery.

Conclusion(s): This is a rare case of bilateral tubal pregnancy after the transfer of only two embryos. It is critical to perform a close inspection of the abdomen, pelvis, and contralateral tube after surgery for EP.

Keywords:  Bilateral ectopic, tubal pregnancy, embryo transfer

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PII: S0015-0282(00)01566-1

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 887-888, November 2000

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