Human Reproduction, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 1583-1584, 1996
© 1996 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
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Pregnancy: Combined intra-uterine and extra-uterine pregnancy associated with mild hyperstimulation syndrome after clomiphene ovulation induction
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Hospital Hartlepool, Cleveland, UK
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We report a combined intra-uterine and tubal pregnancy associated with mild ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) following ovulation induction by clomiphene. The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy was originally missed until rupture occurred. OHSS confused the clinical pIctures the important diagnostic feature being the fail In the haemoglobln concentration. The patient had a left partial salpingectomy and the uterine pregnancy progresses normally.
Key words: clomiphene/ectopic pregnancy/heterotopic pregnancy/mild OHSS