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Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening condition in which early diagnosis and treatment are key to a successful outcome. In the past, this diagnosis led inevitably to a hysterectomy due to the risk of massive bleeding. Currently, the most effective method of treatment is yet to be...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34858755 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19113 |
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author | Évora, Francisco Hundarova, Kristina Águas, Fernanda Carvalho, Giselda |
author_facet | Évora, Francisco Hundarova, Kristina Águas, Fernanda Carvalho, Giselda |
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description | Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening condition in which early diagnosis and treatment are key to a successful outcome. In the past, this diagnosis led inevitably to a hysterectomy due to the risk of massive bleeding. Currently, the most effective method of treatment is yet to be found. We report a case of a 31-year-old nulliparous female with six weeks of amenorrhea and vaginal bleeding. The first approach missed the diagnosis, but an ultrasound performed by an expert revealed a gestational sac with an embryo in the cervical canal. The fertility-sparing therapeutic strategy involved performing treatment with systemic and local methotrexate, followed by embolization of the uterine artery and cervical curettage to remove the trophoblast. Our aim is to strengthen the importance of an early diagnosis and multidisciplinary perspective. Uterine artery embolization was the key to minimizing bleeding, enabling a treatment that preserved fertility. |
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spelling | pubmed-86141632021-12-01 Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach Évora, Francisco Hundarova, Kristina Águas, Fernanda Carvalho, Giselda Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Cervical ectopic pregnancy is a rare but life-threatening condition in which early diagnosis and treatment are key to a successful outcome. In the past, this diagnosis led inevitably to a hysterectomy due to the risk of massive bleeding. Currently, the most effective method of treatment is yet to be found. We report a case of a 31-year-old nulliparous female with six weeks of amenorrhea and vaginal bleeding. The first approach missed the diagnosis, but an ultrasound performed by an expert revealed a gestational sac with an embryo in the cervical canal. The fertility-sparing therapeutic strategy involved performing treatment with systemic and local methotrexate, followed by embolization of the uterine artery and cervical curettage to remove the trophoblast. Our aim is to strengthen the importance of an early diagnosis and multidisciplinary perspective. Uterine artery embolization was the key to minimizing bleeding, enabling a treatment that preserved fertility. Cureus 2021-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8614163/ /pubmed/34858755 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19113 Text en Copyright © 2021, Évora et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Obstetrics/Gynecology Évora, Francisco Hundarova, Kristina Águas, Fernanda Carvalho, Giselda Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title | Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title_full | Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title_fullStr | Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title_full_unstemmed | Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title_short | Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy: A Multidisciplinary Approach |
title_sort | cervical ectopic pregnancy: a multidisciplinary approach |
topic | Obstetrics/Gynecology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614163/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34858755 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19113 |
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