PREGNANCY FOLLOWING GNRH AGONIST THERAPY OF UTERINE LEIOMYOMA OBSTRUCTING A SINGLE FALLOPIAN-TUBE

Authors
BENAMI M BATTINO S SHALEV E
Citation
M. Benami et al., PREGNANCY FOLLOWING GNRH AGONIST THERAPY OF UTERINE LEIOMYOMA OBSTRUCTING A SINGLE FALLOPIAN-TUBE, Human reproduction, 8(5), 1993, pp. 780-781
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Reproductive Biology
Journal title
Human reproduction → ACNP
ISSN journal
02681161
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
780 - 781
Database
ISI
SICI code
0268-1161(1993)8:5<780:PFGATO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Several studies have shown that gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analog ue (GnRHa) offers a promising medical approach in the treatment of ute rine leiomyomas. Medical management is very important especially when fertility is desired. We report on a case with mechanical infertility, in which the right tube was obstructed by cornual myoma and the left tube was resected due to a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. The myoma was r educed in size by GnRHa treatment and the patient subsequently conceiv ed.