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Case Report
Spontaneous bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy: A case report
1 MBBS, Senior House Officer, Accident and Emergency Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados
2 Lecturer, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Bridgetown, Barbados
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Keturah Murray
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Martindale’s Road, St. Michael BB11155,
Barbados
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Article ID: 100158Z08KM2023
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Murray K, Best D. Spontaneous bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancy: A case report. J Case Rep Images Obstet Gynecol 2023;9(2):19–24.ABSTRACT
Unilateral tubal ectopic pregnancies (UTEP) are commonly encountered by physicians. Bilateral tubal ectopic pregnancies (BTEPs), however, are rare and due to the identical clinical presentations of BTEP and UTEP, there is a significant degree of diagnostic difficulty for the former, requiring a high index of suspicion. It should be considered a possibility in any newly pregnant woman of child-bearing age. The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with an example of a clinical presentation of BTEP, and a discourse on management of these patients. We present a case of a 27-year-old patient, who was seen at the emergency department of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, with signs and symptoms of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. Intraoperative findings included a ruptured left ectopic pregnancy and an intact right fallopian tubal ectopic pregnancy. Left salpingectomy and right salpingostomy were performed, conserving the intact tube; her recovery was solely complicated by a superficial surgical site infection.
Keywords: Bilateral, Ectopic gestation, Ruptured, Spontaneous, Tubal, Unruptured
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Keturah Murray - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Damian Best - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Guaranter of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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