Pregnancy is a God given boon to any woman but when it gets complicated by means of an ectopic it can be a bane to the conceiving mother with its varied complications to the mother as well as the developing fetus. Ectopic pregnancy (EP) is a major cause of maternal mortality during the first trimester of pregnancy accounting for 10-15% of all maternal deaths globally^[1]. Early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy reduces the risk of tubal rupture and allows for conservative medical management ^[2].The histopathological examination of the ectopic pregnancy specimen serves two purposes, first it confirms the diagnosis of EP and second it aids in the diagnosis of other findings predisposing to EP like chronic salpingitis and salpingitis isthmica nodosa. Hence the present study was undertaken to study the histopathological findings of EP, correlate these with clinical features and determine the prevalence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in our patients.

The study included 55 cases of EP. Clinical and radiological findings were correlated with the microscopic features in every case.

The study period was 2.5 years from January 2015 to June 2017. 54 out of 55 cases were tubal EP while one was ovarian EP. Common site in the tube was ampulla (49 cases,89.1%).31(57.4%) cases presented with rupture. Chronic salpingitis including follicular salpingits accounted for 36 cases(62.70%).

Keywords: ectopic pregnancy, tubal, pelvic inflammatory disease.

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Akshata Jaywant Parab

Department of Pathology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Miraj Maharashtra, India

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