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Cervical pregnancy is a rare condition associated with a high maternal morbidity rate. Standard recommendations for the management of this ectopic pregnancy are not available. This paper presents a case report and reviews the respective literature. In many cases hysterectomy was the ultimate solution. In order to avoid hysterectomy chemotherapy using methotrexate has been suggested. Local injections of prostaglandins or vasopressin have also been proposed. Based on data collected from the literature and our own experience it is concluded that the management of cervical pregnancy requires individualized therapeutic strategies to minimize the rate of hysterectomies.
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PMID:Therapeutic strategies in cervical pregnancy. 782 93

Cervical pregnancy is an uncommon life threatening form of ectopic pregnancy that is associated with the unexpected occurrence of uncontrollable haemorrhage from the cervix. To avoid hysterectomy and to maintain fertility, several conservative methods of termination have been used. We present herein, one such case which relates to a young woman who had successful conservative management of a cervical pregnancy using vasopressin infiltration of the cervix, a McDonald cerclage and cervical curettage followed by balloon tamponade. Subsequently, she became pregnant again with a normal intra-uterine pregnancy and had a successful vaginal delivery.
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PMID:Cervical pregnancy. Case report and literature review. 1263 46