TY - JOUR
T1 - Successful Transvaginal Microwave Ablation of a Heterotopic Cervical Pregnancy. A Case Report
AU - Schivardi, Gabriella
AU - Angileri, Salvatore Alessio
AU - Esposito, Giampiero
AU - Di Meglio, Letizia
AU - Brusati, Valentina
AU - Ierardi, Anna Maria
AU - Carrafiello, Gianpaolo
AU - Marconi, Anna Maria
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Assisted reproduction
KW - Case report
KW - Heterotopic pregnancy
KW - IVF cycle
KW - Microwave ablation
KW - Multiple pregnancy
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U2 - 10.1007/s43032-020-00270-y
DO - 10.1007/s43032-020-00270-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088789872
VL - 28
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - Reproductive Sciences
JF - Reproductive Sciences
SN - 1933-7191
IS - 1
ER -