Open AccessChoriocarcinoma associated with ectopic pregnancy after tubal sterilisation
Author(s) -
Kocukozkan T.,
Savan K.,
Aydin E.,
Sonmez S.,
Duran B.,
Kaygi O.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349209006234
Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic pregnancy , choriocarcinoma , gynecology , obstetrics , chorioepithelioma , pregnancy , genetics , biology
A 33‐year‐old highly parous woman developed severe abdominal pain and signs of circulatory collapse 10 months after tubal sterilisation in the absence of symptoms of pregnancy. A ruptured ectopic pregnancy sited interstitially in the right tube and extending into the myometrium and parametrium was found at laparotomy. Histopathologic examination revealed an ectopic pregnancy consisting of choriocarcinoma ‐ a rare but life‐threatening combination in a sterilised woman.