LAPAROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF INTRALIGAMENTOUS PREGNANCY

The safety of laparoscopic treatment for tubal extrauterine pregnancie s has been well described.(1) A search of the literature in MEDLINE re vealed no previous reports concerning laparoscopic management of intra ligamentous extrauterine gestations. Intraligamentous pregnancies are rare but can progress to a large size; fetal viability has been report ed.(2) Most extrauterine pregnancies treated laparoscopically have bee n tubal ectopic gestations, although ovarian pregnancies have been tre ated laparoscopically as well.(3) A MEDLINE search showed no reports o f laparoscopic treatment of other types of nontubal extrauterine pregn ancies.