Bilateral Thbal Pregnancies After Thbal Sterilization in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seropositive Woman

VORAPONG PHUPONG, M.D.*, SURASAK TANEEPANICHSKUL, M.D.*, T ASSA WAN RUNGRUXSIRIVORN, M.D.*

Affiliation : *Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

AbstractBilateral tubal ectopic pregnancies are rare occurrences. Bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy in a patient who had undergone tubal sterilization is also very rare. The authors report a case of a 32- year-old, gravida 2, parity I, human immunodeficiency virus seropositive who had previously under gone tubal sterilization. She presented with abdominal distention and vaginal bleeding after I2 weeks of amenorrhea. Pre-operative diagnosis was ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Emergency exploratory laparo tomy and bilateral salpingectomy were performed. The pathology report confirmed bilateral tubal pregnancies. She was well at the fifth day of discharge and four-week follow-up. Ectopic pregnancy should always be suspected in reproductive-age patients presenting with amenorrhea even if they have undergone tubal sterilization. To the authors' knowledge, there has been no report of bilateral tubal pregnancy in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus seropositive after tubal sterilization.

Keywords : Ectopic Pregnancy, Bilateral, Tubal, Sterilization, HIV Infection

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