Ectopic pregnancy adjacent to iliac vessels managed successfully by minimally invasive treatment using local methotrexate injection: An extremely rare case and literature review.

A case report of successfully treated retroperitoneal ectopic pregnancy (REP) is presented. A 36-year-old woman, gravida 3, para 2, was admitted to hospital for suspected ectopic pregnancy with light vaginal bleeding and mild abdominal pain for 3 days at 45 days of gestation by the last menstrual period.Multiple transvaginal ultrasonography and two times laparoscopic probes led to the diagnosis of REP located to the iliac blood vessels closely. Eventually the patient was cured with the treatment using local methotrexate injection under real-time ultrasound guidance and systemic methotrexate administration. We also summarized another 31 cases of REP to further understand this disease, sharing them to arouse clinical attention for the diagnosis and treatment of REP timely.