title: Hysterectomy in women with cervical pregnancy complicated by life-threatening bleeding: a case report.
abstract: A 27-year-old women, gravida 2, para 1 presented with massive vaginal bleeding. After two days of bleeding from the external cervical ostium, intracervical tamponade was performed but the bleeding did not stop. At laparotomy, abdominal hysterectomy with adnexa preservation was done because of malacia tissue and life-threatening hemorrhage. Pathological examination revealed an isthmic pregnancy, gravidic decidua, and chorion villi.
authors.affiliation: II Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Palazzetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cipriano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spera
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Aboulkilair
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pachì
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery