Case report. Conservative treatment by angiographic uterine artery embolization of a 12 week cervical ectopic pregnancy

A 32 year old woman, gravid 1, nulliparous, was admitted to our department at 11 weeks and 2 days of gestation after being diagnosed with cervical pregnancy. She was unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate for 5 days. On the fifth day after admission she underwent bilateral uterine artery angiograp...

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Published inHuman reproduction (Oxford) Vol. 14; no. 4; p. 1118
Main Authors Nappi, C, D'Elia, A, C Di Carlo, Giordano, E, De Placido, G, Iaccarino, V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.04.1999
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Summary:A 32 year old woman, gravid 1, nulliparous, was admitted to our department at 11 weeks and 2 days of gestation after being diagnosed with cervical pregnancy. She was unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate for 5 days. On the fifth day after admission she underwent bilateral uterine artery angiographic embolization followed by vacuum evacuation and curettage of the cervical canal. A Foley catheter was also inserted in the cervical canal and left in place for 4 days. The patient was discharged in good condition on the seventh postoperative day Keywords: cervical pregnancy/uterine artery embolization
ISSN:0268-1161
1460-2350