Myositis ossificans progressiva and pregnancy. A therapeutic dilemma.
Myositis ossificans progressiva is a rare but progressively debilitating autosomal dominant disease characterized by extraskeletal ossification involving muscle connective tissue. This report is the first on pregnancy and induced abortion in a patient with myositis ossificans progressiva. Intraoperative sector scanning ultrasound was of limited benefit in evacuation of the uterine cavity. Conservative management of an incomplete termination resulted in no adverse sequelae.
D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009221:Myositis Ossificans / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014463:Ultrasonography