An unusual case of syncope.
We describe the case of a woman, who had previously undergone tubal sterilization, and later experienced two episodes of orthostatic hypotension during menstruation, as a result of an ectopic pregnancy.
Dussoix
Philippe
P
Emergency Division of la Tour Hospital, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. pdussoix@latour.ch
Hagelberg
Tessa
T
Vermeulen
Bernard
B
D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011258:Pregnancy Tests; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography