Case series of primary ovarian pregnancy.

Hwang, Hyo Soon; Cho, Geum Joon; Jin, Chan Hee; Oh, Min Jeong

doi:2012.55.2.127

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2012;55(2):127-131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.2.127 Published online February 1, 2012.

Case series of primary ovarian pregnancy.

Hyo Soon Hwang, Geum Joon Cho, Chan Hee Jin, Min Jeong Oh

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. mjohmd@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

Ovarian pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy, and is most difficult to diagnosis before surgery. This study was conducted as a retrospective cohort series of women presenting to Korea University Medical Center between January 2000 and July 2011 in whom a diagnosis of ovarian pregnancy was made. We had total 7 cases of ovarian pregnancies between January 2000 and July 2011 at Korea University Medical Center. The mean age of the 7 ovarian pregnancy cases was 33.0 years (range, 22 to 42 years), mean parity was 1.0 (range, 0 to 3), mean gestational age at diagnosis was 8.0 (range, 5.6 to 12.4 weeks), and mean initial beta human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) was 1,195.49 mIU/mL (range, 200.5 to 2,098.201 mIU/mL). The beta HCG level was lower remarkably in ovarian pregnancy group than in the tubal pregnancy group, and further study may be needed to find out the correlation between beta HCG level and ovarian pregnancy.

Key Words: Ovarian pregnancy, Ectopic pregnancy