Transvaginal injection of potassium chloride and methotrexate for the treatment of tubal pregnancy with a live fetus

Hum Reprod. 1990 Oct;5(7):887-8. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a137204.

Abstract

A case of ectopic pregnancy with a gestational sac in the right tube of 25 mm diameter and beating fetal heart was treated conservatively by transvaginal, ultrasonically guided injection of potassium chloride and methotrexate. Serum levels of beta-human chorionic gonadotrophin returned to normal in 42 days and the tubal mass collapsed gradually and resolved in 7 weeks.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin / blood
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
  • Clomiphene / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections
  • Menotropins / therapeutic use
  • Methotrexate / administration & dosage
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use*
  • Ovulation Induction
  • Peptide Fragments / blood
  • Potassium Chloride / administration & dosage
  • Potassium Chloride / therapeutic use*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy, Tubal / drug therapy*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Vagina / diagnostic imaging

Substances

  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Clomiphene
  • Menotropins
  • Potassium Chloride
  • Methotrexate