Intramural pregnancy after in vitro fertilisation
Jennifer K Y Ko1, Ming Chak Law2, Mandy M Y Chu2
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong jenko@hku.hk.
BMJ Case Reports
|February 13, 2025
Abstract:
We present two cases of suspected intramural pregnancy after failed intervention for 'miscarriage' of an initially presumed normally sited pregnancy. The diagnosis of intramural pregnancy was assumed retrospectively after taking into consideration the whole clinical picture. These cases illustrate the difficulty in early diagnosis and further confirmation, and the need for a high index of suspicion in case of failed standard management for miscarriage.
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