Successful term pregnancy after treatment of a cesarean scar ectopic gestation by endoscopic technique and conservative therapy

Fertil Steril. 2008 Nov;90(5):2010.e13-5. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.04.027. Epub 2008 Aug 3.

Abstract

Objective: To describe a case of cesarean scar pregnancy treated successfully by endoscopic technique and medical therapy.

Design: Case report.

Setting: State general hospital in a major city.

Patient(s): A 32-year-old woman with two cesarean sections and a recent curettage presented with ectopic cesarean scar pregnancy.

Intervention(s): Transvaginal ultrasound and hysteroscopy were used for diagnosis, and conservative therapy with methotrexate and hysteroscopy to treat the patient.

Main outcome measure(s): Modified hysteroscopic technique and outcome.

Result(s): Sonography and hysteroscopy revealed the presence of a gestational sac in the lower segment of the uterus in a patient with a cesarean section scar. She was successfully treated with systemic methotrexate and aspiration of the sac and local methotrexate injection under endoscopic control.

Conclusion(s): Endoscopic intervention combined with medical treatment can result in a good therapeutic outcome with preservation of fertility in early ectopic cesarean scar pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / therapeutic use*
  • Adult
  • Cesarean Section / adverse effects*
  • Cicatrix / etiology*
  • Female
  • Fertility*
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Hysteroscopy*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Live Birth
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy, Ectopic / therapy*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal

Substances

  • Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal
  • Methotrexate