Intramural pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy with early diagnosis
essential for prevention of severe hemorrhage and uterine rupture. We report a
rare case of an intramural ectopic pregnancy at 12 weeks gestation in a woman 1
year post open myomectomy. Both transvaginal ultrasound and magnetic resonance
imaging were utilized as diagnostic aids in this case. The rare nature of this
clinical scenario and lack of guidelines for management made clinical decision
making difficult. Due to the size and location of the gestational sac,
hysterectomy was deemed to be the safest modality, and a midline laparotomy,
total abdominal hysterectomy, and bilateral salpingectomy was performed.
The recent increase in heterotopic pregnancies has been largely attributed to the increased use of assisted reproduction technologies. We report the rare case of a multiparous woman with a spontaneous conception resulting in a triplet heterotopic pregnancy: a twin intrauterine pregnancy and a single right tubal ectopic pregnancy. Heterotopic pregnancy is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition in which simultaneous gestations occur at 2 or more implantation sites. It is infrequent in natural conception cycles, occurring in 1:30 000 pregnancies. However, the prevalence is rising with the increased use of assisted reproduction techniques to that of 1:100 to 1:500 in these patient subgroups, highlighting the need to incorporate it into a clinician’s diagnostic algorithm.
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