title: Cervical ectopic pregnancy: hysterectomy specimen examination clarifies the cause of first trimester pregnancy bleeding.
abstract: A report on a difficult case of first trimester pregnancy bleeding in a 39-year-old woman solved by hysterectomy. The diagnosis was clarified by pathological examination that showed a cervical ectopic pregnancy with perforation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital de S João, Porto, Portugal. carlabartosch@med.up.pt
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartosch
authors.forename: Otília
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Montenegro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D010920:Placenta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology