Spontaneous pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomy.
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.
Bollapragada
Shrikant S
SS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ayrshire Central Hospital, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, United Kingdom. bsshrikant@yahoo.com
Bandyopadhyay
Subhayu
S
Serle
Elisabeth
E
Baird
Clive
C
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