[Ovarian pregnancy].
A case of ovarian pregnancy in a patient with intrauterine device is reporter. The patient was hemodynamically instable and immediate laparotomy was indicated. The treatment was left oophorectomy. Ovarian pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy in which the gestational sac is implanted in the ovary. The incidence appears to be of 1 to 3 per cent of all ectopic gestations with a frequency of one in 7000 to 40000 deliveries and it is now believed to occur four times more frequently than previously thought. It has been suggested that the increasing incidence is caused by the use of IUD. In contrast to patients with tubal pregnancy traditional risk factors such as pelvic inflammatory disease, prior surgical procedure upon the pelvis may not apply. The clinical signs are similar to those found in tubal pregnancies and in hemorrhagic corpus luteum cysts. The treatment is emergency laparatomy followed by oophorectomy in many instances. When the patient is hemodynamically stable laparoscopy and the ovarian wedge resection should be the treatment of choice.
Divisione di Chirurgia Generale Morgagni, USL n. 10, Ospedale San Camillo, Roma.
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Bartolucci
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Stipa
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Bruni
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Mastrandea
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Santoro
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010053:Ovary; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
La gravidanza ovarica.