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In vitro fertilization patient presenting in hemorrhagic shock caused by unsuspected heterotopic pregnancy
P R Lund1, G W Sielaff, E J Aiman
1Department of Trauma and Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A 30-year-old woman who had undergone in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) presented to the emergency department in hemorrhagic shock 4 weeks after a spontaneous abortion. She was found to have a ruptured uterus caused by an unsuspected second pregnancy located in the cornual region of the uterus. Women undergoing IVF-ET are at a higher risk for multiple pregnancies, ectopic pregnancies, and heterotopic pregnancies.