Persistence of a normal pregnancy after an early luteectomy. A report of two cases

Two cases occurred of early luteectomy/left cystectomy. In one case it resulted from a hemorrhagic corpus luteum at four weeks' gestation. In the second case it resulted from a left adnexectomy at five weeks from torsion of the adnexa. Histologic analysis defined the lesions as a hemorrhagic corpus luteum and necrotic ovary, respectively. Despite the lack of a corpus luteum and the absence of hormonal replacement therapy, both pregnancies developed normally, in the first case for 7 weeks, until it was terminated on the patient's request, and in the second case until 38 weeks, when a normal infant was delivered by cesarean section.