Methotrexate and angiographic embolization for conservative treatment of cervical pregnancy

Cervical pregnancy has traditionally been treated by hysterectomy. Recent reports of the use of methotrexate have been encouraging as a potential conservative approach, We present a case of a cervical pregnancy diagnosed at 8 weeks' gestation in a woman who greatly desired fertility, She was treated successfully with a combination of multidose intramuscular methotrexate (1 mg/kg/day) and citrovorum rescue, When profuse bleeding developed on day 8, angiographic embolization was used to obviate surgery, The beta-hCG titer peaked at 58,362 IU/mL and was undetectable by postchemotherapy day 30, No blood transfusion was required, and reproductive capacity was spared. Four months after the cervical pregnancy, the patient became pregnant and had a healthy infant, Medical management of cervical pregnancy is an option when reproductive capacity is desired in selected patients with appropriate counseling.