Successful conservative management of cervical ectopic pregnancy: a case series.
OBJECTIVE
To report our experience of conservative treatment in four patients with cervical ectopic pregnancy.


METHODS
Case series.


METHODS
Academic medical center.


METHODS
Four women diagnosed with cervical ectopic pregnancy managed conservatively.


METHODS
Systemic methotrexate alone or combined with subsequent uterine artery embolization (UAE).


METHODS
Conservative management with decreased rate of serious complications.


RESULTS
No hysterectomies were needed. One patient required subsequent intervention, UAE.


CONCLUSIONS
Conservative treatment of cervical pregnancy might be successful with careful follow up and subsequent conservative interventions.
Taylor
Joelle E
JE
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Yalcinkaya
Tamer M
TM
Akar
Munire Erman
ME
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000098:blood supply; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D055357:Uterine Artery Embolization
D000020:Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal; D008727:Methotrexate