SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CORNUAL PREGNANCY BY LOCAL INJECTION OF METHOTREXATE UNDER LAPAROSCOPIC AND TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHIC GUIDANCE

This report describes a woman with cornual pregnancy, documented by ul trasonography and laparoscopy, who was successfully treated with two d oses of methotrexate under laparoscopic and ultrasonographic guidance. The serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin level was 20,000 mIU/ml a nd increased to 43,800 mIU/ml after the first methotrexate injection a nd to 44,400 mIU/ml after second injection and fell precipitously to n onpregnant levels within 27 days. No side effects were experienced by the patient.