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Ectopic pregnancy resulting from transperitoneal migration of spermatozoa
Author(s) -
Daya S.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(86)90041-x
Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic pregnancy , sterilization (economics) , pregnancy , gynecology , fallopian tube , obstetrics , surgery , biology , genetics , foreign exchange market , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange
Ectopic pregnancies have been reported in distal tubal segments following tubal sterilization procedures (Metz KGP, Mastroianni Jr L: Tubal pregnancy subsequent to transperitoneal migration of spermatozoa. Obstet Gynaecol Surv 34: 554, 1979). Conception in these situations has been presumed to occur as a result of recanalization of the occluded segment or via a fistulous communication between the two tubal segments. The possibility of transperitoneal migration of spermatozoa leading to such pregnancies is not often considered and is rarely reported (Metz KGP, Mastroianni Jr L: Tubal pregnancy distal to complete tubal occlusing following sterilization. Am J Obstet Gynaecol 131: 911, 1978). A case is presented here that provides support for this phenomenon.