[Combined pregnancy: a case report and literature review].
Combined or heterotopic pregnancy has been regarded as extremely rare in the past three decades. If it continues without diagnosis, a life-threatening situation may occur. A case of eight-week gestation is presented in which there was threatened abortion. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy for internal bleeding. Upon operation, combined pregnancy, with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, was diagnosed. Left salpingectomy was performed uneventfully. Neither chronic salpingitis nor administration of ovulation-induction agents was part of past history. A viable ongoing intrauterine pregnancy continued after operation, and a normal male was delivered by cesarean section after a 39-week gestation where labor progressed too slowly for normal delivery.
Shih
H M
HM
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital.
Li
Y T
YT
Yeh
K C
KC
Hsu
K P
KP
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*