Treatment of persistent trophoblastic tissue after salpingostomy with methotrexate.
Salpingostomy has become a common treatment of unruptured ectopic pregnancies. A complication of salpingostomy is persistent trophoblastic tissue. All reported cases to date of salpingostomy with persistent trophoblastic tissue have required salpingectomy. We reported a case of persistent trophoblastic tissue after salpingostomy treated successfully with methotrexate.
D000328:Adult; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000601:surgery*; D014328:Trophoblastic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008727:Methotrexate