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Successful Transvaginal Microwave Ablation of a Heterotopic Cervical Pregnancy. A Case Report
- Source :
- Reproductive Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Heterotopic cervical pregnancy is a rare and potentially dangerous condition where the challenge is the removal of the ectopic pregnancy while preserving the intrauterine one. We present the case of an otherwise healthy 36-year-old woman with heterotopic cervical pregnancy after an IVF cycle for tubal infertility. At 6.5 weeks after a consultation with gynecologists and interventional radiologists, the patient agreed to undergo microwave ablation of the cervical pregnancy. Monthly ultrasound examination showed the persistence of non homogeneous and vascularized tissue in the cervix. Intrauterine pregnancy continued without complications until 37 weeks when a cesarean section was performed for sudden and profuse bleeding, in the presence of uterine contractions. A healthy baby girl was delivered, and the postoperative course was otherwise uncomplicated. Heterotopic cervical pregnancies are rare, and no consolidated and risk-free treatments are available at the moment. Here, we present a case of heterotopic cervical pregnancy treated successfully and without complications with microwave ablation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s43032-020-00270-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- Infertility
IVF cycle
medicine.medical_specialty
Cervical pregnancy
Reproductive medicine
Microwave ablation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Case report
medicine
Cervix
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Heterotopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy
Pregnancy: Case Study
business.industry
Multiple pregnancy
Assisted reproduction
Ultrasound
Obstetrics and Gynecology
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19337205 and 19337191
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Reproductive Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00092e27e86b35af3bb2807c3bbed733