Heterotopic pregnancies are rare and are usually diagnosed by transvaginal ultrasound. Despite the routine use of sonography in early pregnancy, artifact created by mirror imaging can drastically and erroneously alter medical decision making by interfering with image interpretation. A heterotopic pregnancy with a single intrauterine gestation and twin left adnexal ectopic gestational sacs was o...

We describe the case of a 37-year-old woman who had undergone reversal of tubal ligation with subsequent heterotopic pregnancy. We review the initial radiological evaluation of heterotopic pregnancies and the subsequent radiologic findings following appropriate therapy.

Heterotopic pregnancy represents an intrauterine gestational sac in the presence of an ectopic pregnancy. It is a very rare occurrence in spontaneous pregnancy but its incidence has increased with the use of assisted reproductive techniques, being identified in up to 1% of these cases. There aren't any guidelines regarding the management of heterotopic pregnancies, but the general principles in...

Heterotopic pregnancy is defined as intrauterine and extrauterine pregnancy entity coexisting simultaneously and which has been on the rise in recent years with the development of assisted reproductive techniques. We report 4 cases of heterotopic pregnancy, three of them resulting from assisted reproductive technologies and a spontaneous case. We also describe the methods used for diagnosis, th...

Study population The parent study included women with an unruptured ectopic pregnancy, diagnosed by an algorithm using quantitative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) and transvaginal ultrasound, with or without a desire for future fertility. To be were eligible for the trial, the women had to have a serum beta-hCG concentration of less than 5,000 IU/L and an adnexal mass of less th...