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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov 24:4:2050313X16679534.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X16679534. eCollection 2016.

Heterotopic pregnancy in HIV women

Valeria Savasi  1 , Patrizio Antonazzo  1 , Carlo Personeni  1
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Case Reports

Heterotopic pregnancy in HIV women

Valeria Savasi et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Heterotopic pregnancy occurs when intrauterine and ectopic pregnancy are concomitant; overall rate rises from 1/30.000 to 1.5/1000 in assisted reproductive technology pregnancies. HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patients are at increased risk of heterotopic pregnancies due to the greater frequency of assisted reproductive technology and pelvic inflammatory disease. We report the first case of heterotopic pregnancy in HIV woman.

Keywords: HIV; heterotopic pregnancy.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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