Ectopic pregnancies following emergency levonorgestrel contraception.
There are little or no data on the risk of ectopic pregnancy following levonorgestrel treatment as an emergency contraception. We encountered three cases of ectopic pregnancy following the use of levonorgestrel administered peri- or postovulation. Here we report these cases and discuss the clinical and epidemiologic implications of this association. Health providers should be alert to the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy in women who become pregnant or complain of lower abdominal pain after taking levonorgestrel.
Sheffer-Mimouni
Galit
G
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Lis Maternity Hospital, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv 6427, Israel. smgalit@hotmail.com
Pauzner
David
D
Maslovitch
Sharon
S
Lessing
Joseph B
JB
Gamzu
Ronni
R
D000328:Adult; D003282:Contraceptives, Postcoital, Hormonal; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D016912:Levonorgestrel; D010060:Ovulation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013997:Time Factors
D003282:Contraceptives, Postcoital, Hormonal; D016912:Levonorgestrel