Selective uterine artery embolization for management of interstitial ectopic pregnancy.
Interstitial ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition of pregnancy and may be very dangerous if not identified and treated urgently. We report a case of successful treatment of an interstitial pregnancy using selective uterine artery embolization. A 27-year-old woman with interstitial pregnancy was treated by uterine artery embolization after failure of systemic methotrexate treatment. Her serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) was undetectable one month after the therapeutic embolization and transvaginal sonography 31 days after embolization showed normal endometrium and cornu. The patient achieved a normal pregnancy eight months after embolization.
Yang
Seung Boo
SB
Department of Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Gumi Hospital, Gumi, Kyungbuk, Korea. ysbysb@sch.ac.kr
Lee
Sang Jin
SJ
Joe
Hwan Sung
HS
Goo
Dong Erk
DE
Chang
Yun Woo
YW
Kim
Dong Hun
DH
D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*