title: [Life-threatening extrauterine pregnancy after in vitro fertilization and bilateral salpingectomy].
abstract: A woman with a history of bilateral salpingectomy achieved pregnancy after in vitro fertilization. At the gestational age of six weeks she experienced fatigue, haematemesis and abdominal pain. She was hospitalized on suspicion of a peptic ulcer. Several physicians rejected the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy due to the history of salpingectomy. The patient had intraabdominal bleeding and went through emergency surgery because of a ruptured interstitial pregnancy. The purpose of this case report is to recall the risk of interstitial pregnancy in pregnant women with a history of salpingectomy.
authors.affiliation: Pilevej 15, 3400 Hillerød. anneclaudi@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Claudi
authors.forename: Christian Steen
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Lone Nikoline
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Nørgaard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016638:Critical Illness; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D065167:Pregnancy, Interstitial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D058994:Salpingectomy; D014597:Uterine Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery