Case Report
Triplet Delivery following Unilateral Twin Salpingocyesis
Johnson O. Komolafe,
1,2
Rasaq A. Akindele,
1
Adeniyi O. Fasanu,
1
Callistus A. Akinleye,
3
Taiwo O. Akinbile,
4
Monisayo O. Komolafe,
2,5
and Muyiwa O. Oguntunde
2
1
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, PMB 5000, Isale-Osun, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
2
Ayomide Women’s Health Specialist Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
3
Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences, PMB 5000, Isale-Osun, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
4
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Lautech Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Nigeria
5
Renal Unit, Nursing Department, Lautech Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria
Correspondence should be addressed to Johnson O. Komolafe; komosayo@gmail.com
Received 7 December 2014; Revised 29 January 2015; Accepted 16 March 2015
Academic Editor: Cem Ficicioglu
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We present the case of a 36-year-old woman with primary infertility of six-year duration who had IVF/ICSI on account of male
factor infertility. Transvaginal scanning done on the 30th day following embryo transfer revealed an empty uterine cavity with
two gestational sacs containing active fetal echoes in the right adnexum. Patient reluctantly had right salpingectomy via open
laparatomy. he patient had repeat embryo transfer eleven months aterwards that culminated in the delivery of living twins with
a fetal papyraceous.
1. Introduction
Ectopic pregnancy (salpingocyesis) following IVF cycle is
not a rare occurrence with a range from 1.46% to 4.9%
[1, 2]. Heterotopic pregnancy in IVF treatment is not as
common as salpingocyesis with an incidence of 0.3% to 1%
[3]. Common documented risk factors for salpingocyesis are
tubal factor infertility, previous ectopic pregnancy, previous
surgery for endometriosis, and previous myomectomy [1,
3]. However, having double (twin) gestational sacs outside
the regular uterus is not common. None has been recorded
following natural conception to the best of our knowledge.
We document the second case of twin ectopic gestation
following IVF with a peculiar emotional challenge of refusal
of treatment by a woman who had waited for six years to ever
achieve any pregnancy. he initial set back, however, gave way
to triplet intrauterine pregnancy leading to delivery of living
twins.
2. Case Report
he patient was a 36-year-old nullipara referred to our
fertility unit by a gynaecologist on account of 6-year history
of inability to achieve pregnancy. Details of assessment prior
to referral were not made available but summary revealed
primary infertility due to male factor infertility. She had
ovulatory cycles; tubal factor was not investigated because
of no apparent risk factor. She had undergone four failed
intrauterine inseminations with husband semen.
Assessment revealed that uterus was retroverted, and
day 3 FSH value is airmed to be 9.9 I.U/L. Semen volume
was 2.2 mLs, highly viscous with sperm concentration of
5 million/mL, total sperm number per ejaculate being 11
million, progressive motile sperm of 28%, and normal sperm
forms of 11%. Based on duration of infertility with severe
male factor couple was counseled for IVF-ICSI (in vitro
fertilization with intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle).
She had a long protocol agonist cycle using daily buserelin
injection and highly puriied FSH/LH (Menopur). Four grade
1 embryos (three 6-cell and one 4-cell) were transferred into
the uterus on day 2 of embryo life using Wallace sot embryo
transfer catheter. Introducer was used and embryo transfer
time was approximately 4 minutes.
Urine pregnancy test was positive on day 20 of embryo
life. TVS done on day 33 of embryo life revealed uterus devoid
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 2015, Article ID 512845, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/512845