title: Persistence of a normal pregnancy after an early luteectomy. A report of two cases.
abstract: Two cases occurred of early luteectomy/left cystectomy. In one case it resulted from a hemorrhagic corpus luteum at four weeks' gestation. In the second case it resulted from a left adnexectomy at five weeks from torsion of the adnexa. Histologic analysis defined the lesions as a hemorrhagic corpus luteum and necrotic ovary, respectively. Despite the lack of a corpus luteum and the absence of hormonal replacement therapy, both pregnancies developed normally, in the first case for 7 weeks, until it was terminated on the patient's request, and in the second case until 38 weeks, when a normal infant was delivered by cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology B, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rabinerson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haimovich
mesh_terms: D000290:Adnexa Uteri / Q000601:surgery; D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D014102:Torsion Abnormality; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging