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Its incidence is estimated at 1 in 30\u2009000 spontaneous pregnancies, while assisted reproductive technology (ART) markedly increases prevalence, reaching up to 1% after in vitro fertilization (IVF). Diagnosis is challenging since nearly half of patients remain asymptomatic until rupture, and the presence of an intrauterine pregnancy may mask the ectopic component. We report a case of HP in a 25-year-old woman with severe untreated hypothyroidism post-thyroidectomy, who conceived spontaneously without ART. She presented with hemoperitoneum from a ruptured interstitial pregnancy and underwent emergency laparotomy with salpingectomy. Despite initial preservation of the intrauterine pregnancy, fetal demise occurred later. 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