Successful pregnancy after early luteectomy.
A 31-year-old women, para 1, was admitted with acute lower abdominal pain. Examination revealed a tender right adnexal mass confirmed by endovaginal ultrasonography. She reported a regular menstrual cycle of 30-31 days and was on day 31 of her cycle on admission. All laboratory results were normal and a urinary pregnancy test was negative. After 2 days a laparotomy was performed and an oophorectomy was carried out because of a bleeding ruptured right ovarian cyst. Histologic examination reported a haemorrhagic corpus luteum. Eight weeks after laparotomy a viable intra-uterine pregnancy was observed and finally a 3850-g healthy male was delivered. An oophorectomy at a corrected gestational age of 30 days did not disturb the course of the pregnancy.
Schöls
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University Hospital Utrecht, Department of Obstetrics and Gyneacology, The Netherlands.
te Velde
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D000328:Adult; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First