Spontaneous pregnancy after bilateral salpingectomy.

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.