title: Spontaneous pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Maternity unit at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom.
  
  
  METHODS
  A healthy 38-year-old woman with a history of bilateral salpingectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ultrasound scan and serum beta hcG used to diagnose the pregnancy and for follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Recognition and successful management of the pregnancy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was diagnosed with a noncontinuing pregnancy that resolved spontaneously.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A MEDLINE search revealed that this is the first reported case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy in the English-language literature and possibly only the second in world literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ayrshire Central Hospital, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, United Kingdom. bsshrikant@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Shrikant S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Bollapragada
authors.forename: Subhayu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serle
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baird
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous; D000328:Adult; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D011247:Pregnancy; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal; D017211:Treatment Failure