Medical treatment of residual ectopic pregnancy: RU 486 and methotrexate.
A patient with residual ectopic pregnancy after salpingostomy was treated with the anti-P RU 486. This did not result in lowered hCG levels, which subsequently resolved after treatment with methotrexate.
D000019:Abortifacient Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000021:Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D004963:Estrenes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015735:Mifepristone; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood
D000019:Abortifacient Agents; D000021:Abortifacient Agents, Steroidal; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D004963:Estrenes; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015735:Mifepristone; D011374:Progesterone; D008727:Methotrexate