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.
Sönmez
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Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inönü University, Malatya, Turkey.
Kafkasli
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A
Balat
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O
Saraç
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K
Uryan
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I
Turhan
O
O
Aydin
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NE
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