title: Conservative treatment by angiographic uterine artery embolization of a 12 week cervical ectopic pregnancy.
abstract: A 32 year old woman, gravid 1, nulliparous, was admitted to our department at 11 weeks and 2 days of gestation after being diagnosed with cervical pregnancy. She was unsuccessfully treated with methotrexate for 5 days. On the fifth day after admission she underwent bilateral uterine artery angiographic embolization followed by vacuum evacuation and curettage of the cervical canal. A Foley catheter was also inserted in the cervical canal and left in place for 4 days. The patient was discharged in good condition on the seventh postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nappi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Elia
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Placido
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Iaccarino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*