OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Maternity unit at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom. PATIENT(S): A healthy 38-year-old woman with a history of bilateral salpingectomy. INTERVENTION(S): Ultrasound scan and serum beta hcG used to diagnose the pregnancy and for follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Recognition and successful management of the pregnancy. RESULT(S): The patient was diagnosed with a noncontinuing pregnancy that resolved spontaneously. CONCLUSION(S): A MEDLINE search revealed that this is the first reported case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy in the English-language literature and possibly only the second in world literature.
OBJECTIVE: To report a rare case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Maternity unit at a district general hospital in the United Kingdom. PATIENT(S): A healthy 38-year-old woman with a history of bilateral salpingectomy. INTERVENTION(S): Ultrasound scan and serum beta hcG used to diagnose the pregnancy and for follow-up. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Recognition and successful management of the pregnancy. RESULT(S): The patient was diagnosed with a noncontinuing pregnancy that resolved spontaneously. CONCLUSION(S): A MEDLINE search revealed that this is the first reported case of spontaneous pregnancy following bilateral salpingectomy in the English-language literature and possibly only the second in world literature.