title: Delayed ectopic pregnancy following vaginal hysterectomy.
abstract: A patient with ectopic pregnancy occurring a considerable interval after vaginal hysterectomy is reported. She presented with recurrent lower abdominal pain and the correct diagnosis was only established at laparotomy. Although 14 cases of this late complication of hysterectomy have been reported in the literature no fatalities have been recorded.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014621:Vagina