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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Ectopic pregnancies after hormonal postcoital contraception.

[Extrauteringraviditaten nach hormoneller Postkoitalkontrazeption.]

AUTHORS

Sudik R

SOURCE

ZENTRALBLATT FUR GYNAKOLOGIE. 1995;117(6):320-2.

ABSTRACT

Two cases of ectopic pregnancy after postcoital administration of an oral contraceptive containing 0.25 mg of ethinyl

estradiol and 0.05 mg of levonorgestrel (Tetragynon), which occurred at the Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology of the Philipps-University in Marburg, Germany, are described. Case 1 was a 28-year-old childless

woman who had had an abortion in 1992. She requested postcoital contraception 13.5 hours after unprotected

intercourse and received Tetragynon. She was admitted about a month later on account of lower and upper

abdominal complaints of three days' duration and menstrual bleeding. Antibiotic therapy was prescribed because of

suspicion of pyelonephritis. The uterus was palpated and found to be slightly enlarged, and the thickened adnexa

were very painful on the right. Operation was performed with pelviscopy and about 200 ml of stagnant blood was

found in the Douglas cavity. Using salpingotomy, a growth was evacuated from the right tube that proved to be

trophoblastic tissue. In 1994 she gave birth to a healthy child. Case 2 was a 29-year-old primiparous woman with a

previous abortion. She received Tetragynon three hours after unprotected intercourse. A month later she presented

because of missed menstruation and light, intermittent lower abdominal pain. A barely enlarged, not painful uterus

was palpated. On the right side, by the ovary, an irregular 2-cm-large structure was detected. Sonography also

showed a visibly enlarged right tube, and the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) level was also elevated.

Pelviscopy showed a protrusion in the middle of the right tube, and in the right ovary a small corpus luteum cyst was

visualized. The tube was evacuated using salpingotomy, and trophoblast tissue was confirmed by histology. Later

outpatient control indicated the decrease of the HCG level. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2554-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Ectopic pregnancies after hormonal postcoital

contraception. [Extrauteringraviditaten nach hormoneller Postkoitalkontrazeption.]", is(are) Sudik R. The source of

this article is "ZENTRALBLATT FUR GYNAKOLOGIE. 1995;117(6):320-2.". This article was published in 1995 in

German language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2554-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN:

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