title: Possible fetal effects of cervical dilation and uterine curettage during the first trimester of pregnancy.
abstract: We describe two malformed infants whose mothers had cervical dilation and uterine curettage. One mother had the procedure at 8 weeks and the other at 6 weeks of gestation. One infant had a facial cleft, hypertelorism, scalp defects, brain malformations, and absent fingernails and a constricting band on the fourth and fifth fingers. The other infant had an area of diminished scalp hair, vertebral anomalies, and a heart defect.
authors: Department of Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: L B
authors: LB
authors: Holmes
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology*; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities