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Failed treatment of abdominal pregnancy with methotrexate. A case report
1Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. mzinger@usa.net
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|May 17, 2001
Abstract
Background:
Methotrexate is an effective, safe, low-cost alternative to surgery for treating tubal pregnancies. To our knowledge, there have only been two other reported attempts at treating abdominal pregnancy with methotrexate.
Case:
Despite two courses of treatment with methotrexate, the pregnancy persisted, and laparoscopy permitted a tissue diagnosis of abdominal pregnancy.
Conclusion:
Although treatment with methotrexate was not successful in this case, its potential use in abdominal pregnancies merits further investigation.