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Laparoscopic management of quadruplet heterotopic pregnancy after ovarian stimulation cycle

2016

Introduction. We report a rare case of a heterotopic abdominal pregnancy with three intrauterine pregnancy, one with a viable fetus, treated successfully by laparoscopy. Methods. A 40-year-old patient with primary sterility, who un- derwent pharmacological ovulation induction, presented abdominal pain in the right iliac region. A trans-vaginal ultrasound showed an image suggestive of ectopic gestation near the right ovary, associated with three intrauterine gestational sacs with only one viable fetus. Basing on this observation, we performed an operative laparoscopy that confirmed the presence of a right ectopic abdominal pregnancy. Since the right ampullar tubal was ruptured and bleeding, …