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Effect of corpus luteum position on hyperemesis gravidarum. A case report
J M Thorp1, W J Watson, V L Katz
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7570.
The Journal of Reproductive Medicine
|October 11, 1991
Abstract:
It has been postulated that the position of the corpus luteum affects nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Supposedly a corpus luteum arising from the right ovary results in a high concentration of sex steroids in the hepatic portal system, causing nausea and vomiting. A woman with severe hyperemesis underwent excision of a right-sided corpus luteum at 12 weeks. Removal of the corpus luteum failed to modify the course of the disease.