Bilateral tubal pregnancy: A diagnostic dilemma

Rahul Deb Mandal, Sandip Ghosh, Sukumar Mitra, Avijit Basak, Prasun Naskar, Kousik Seth, Atin Halder

Department of General Surgery, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, India.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Burdwan Medical College, Burdwan, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ojog.2013.39116                

Abstract

Bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy is very rare and usually occurs following ovulation stimulation. Moreover preoperative diagnosis is very difficult. We are presenting a case of bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy occurring spontaneously. Hence careful follow-up with combination of color Doppler and serum beta HCG estimation of patients after laparoscopic or open surgery for ectopic pregnancies is needed to avoid such unusual event.

Keywords

Bilateral; Tubal Ectopic; Diagnostic Dilemma; Colourdoppler

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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