title: A woman with three ectopic pregnancies after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
abstract: Although a higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy has been reported after in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer, three ectopic pregnancies in the same woman is very rare. A patient of 32 years underwent IVF-embryo transfer six times within 3 years. Three of four conceptions resulted in ectopic pregnancies. The first involved simultaneous intrauterine and left tubal pregnancy, the second was a right tubal pregnancy, and the third was a right interstitial pregnancy. In IVF-embryo transfer, bilateral salpingectomy does not remove the risk of interstitial or cornual pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Douchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ijuin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence