Cervical pregnancy: can age and parity be predisposing factors?
A fifty-year old woman, gravida 17, para 17, presented with profuse vaginal bleeding following curettage in another hospital. At emergency laparotomy total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was performed because of intractable hemorrhage. Histopathologic examination revealed endocervical placentation and adenomyosis uteri. The case is presented due to its rarity and possible predisposing factors are discussed.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey.
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Sönmez
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Kafkasli
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Balat
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Saraç
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Uryan
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Turhan
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Aydin
D000367:Age Factors; D015984:Causality; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D008875:Middle Aged; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology