Heterotopic pregnancy is: (A) Pregnancy occurring in both tubes, (B) Extrauterine and intrauterine pregnancy, (C) Ovarian and tubal pregnancy, (D) Cervical pregnancy
Answer is B. A heterotopic pregnancy is a rare complication of pregnancy in which both extra-uterine (ectopic pregnancy) and intrauterine pregnancy occur simultaneously. Incidence of this has now increased to around 1 in 3000 pregnancies due to the advent of IVF. It may also be referred to as a combined ectopic pregnancy /multiple sited pregnancy, or co-incident pregnancy.