An ectopic pregnancy in the upper retroperitoneum following in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
Thirty-seven days after successful embryo transfer, a chorionic vesicle was recovered from the upper abdominal retroperitoneal space in a patient presenting with an acute life-threatening hemorrhage. This is the first case report of a retroperitoneal ectopic pregnancy which, although uncommon, is a potentially fatal complication of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer.
Ferland
R J
RJ
Brown University Program in Medicine, Women and Infants' Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
Chadwick
D A
DA
O'Brien
J A
JA
Granai
C O
CO
D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space