A live birth after laparoscopic cornual resection for cornual heterotopic pregnancy after IVF-ET.

Lee, Se Jin; Eom, Jeong Min; Koh, A Ra; Park, Sue Yeon; Lee, Jung Hun; Choi, Joong Sub; Hur, Chang Young

doi:2012.55.8.610

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2012;55(8):610-613.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.8.610 Published online August 17, 2012.

A live birth after laparoscopic cornual resection for cornual heterotopic pregnancy after IVF-ET.

Se Jin Lee, Jeong Min Eom, A Ra Koh, Sue Yeon Park, Jung Hun Lee, Joong Sub Choi, Chang Young Hur

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yjjy.choi@samsung.com
²Maria Fertility Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

A 28-year-old Korean woman with a history of both salpingectomies due to two prior tubal pregnancies at other institutions conceived a heterotopic cornual pregnancy after in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer. The patient was referred to the emergency department with an abrupt onset of lower abdominal pain at the 7th gestational week. We performed an emergent laparoscopic right cornual resection. The subsequent antenatal course was unremarkable. There were no obstetric or surgery-related complications. The patient delivered a healthy baby of 3,340 g via Cesarean section due to failure to progress at term.

Key Words: Laparoscopy, Heterotopic pregnancy, Cornual pregnancy