A woman with three ectopic pregnancies after in-vitro fertilization and embryo transfer.
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.
Oki
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Japan.
Douchi
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Nakamura
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S
Maruta
K
K
Ijuin
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H
Nagata
Y
Y
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