Abstract
Cervical ectopic pregnancy is extremely rare, however, complications due to lack of early diagnosis compromises the patient’s life. This is the presentation of a case initiated with an abortion and culminated in a radical surgical treatment which required cervical ectopic pregnancy. It emphasizes the initial ultrasound findings which were confounding factors for initial diagnosis and definitive treatment.
Highlights
Cervical pregnancy is the rarest form of ectopic pregnancy
The use of Doppler color, enables the distinction between viable cervical ectopic pregnancy or abortion remains due to the difference of blood presence between them [4,6,7]
Vas have been proposed to differentiate abortion vs. cervical pregnancy by ultrasonographic findings as: 1. For the same gestational age, the uterine body is greater in abortion than in cervical pregnancy, in which the image can be seen as an “hourglass”, 2
Summary
Cervical pregnancy is the rarest form of ectopic pregnancy. During the physical examination it is usually found that the external cervix Os is closed and the cervix is enlarged and painful when moved. This information is not specific [1,4,6]. The use of Doppler color , enables the distinction between viable cervical ectopic pregnancy or abortion remains due to the difference of blood presence between them [4,6,7].
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