Caesarean scar pregnancy at 19 weeks gestation
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Due to the increased numbers of caesarean sections in the last decade, women with a caesarean section scar in pregnancy are becoming more commonly diagnosed using ultrasound. One of the rare but more severe complications of this is an implantation of the pregnancy in the caesarean section scar.
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Successful treatment of spontaneous heterotopic caesarean scar pregnancy by local potassium chloride injection with preservation of the intrauterine pregnancy.
Heterotopic caesarean scar pregnancy (CSP) is a coexistence of an intrauterine pregnancy with an ectopic pregnancy located in a caesarean scar. The are no universal treatment guidelines to manage this extremely rare condition. Vaginal bleeding is the most common symptom of heterotopic CSP, but most of the cases are asymptomatic. The management of heterotopic CSP is difficult especially in patie...
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