Ovarian ectopic pregnancy with IUCD

Abstract

Three multigravidae presented with varying degrees of abdominal pains. All of them had suffered from menstrual irregularity of recent duration, and all had had Lippes’ loops inserted for over two years. X-ray films confirmed that the device was in position in each case. Laparotomy showed right-sided cystic ovarian swelling in one case and left-sided in the other two. The other ovary and both Fallopian tubes in each case were intact and uninvolved. Ovarian tissue was conserved in two cases, but the ovary had to be removed in one because of heavy, uncontrollable bleeding. The pathologist reported the histological features of pregnancy in the tissue excised. © 1975, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.