Studia Medyczne

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2/2013 vol. 29
Case report

Ectopic pregnancy in a Caesarean section scar: a case study

Studia Medyczne 2013; 29 (2): 177–179
Online publish date: 2013/08/05
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Confronting perimenopausal women’s knowledge of coronary heart disease with their health behaviours. Controversial role of hormone replacement therapy in the protection of coronary heart disease
Implantation of a pregnancy in a scar after Caesarean section is one of the rarest locations of ectopic pregnancies. A diagnosis and/or treatment which is too late may lead to a uterine rupture, the necessity to remove the uterus and a significant increase in morbidity among mothers. The study presents a diagnostically difficult case of a 29-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with pregnancy in its seventh week, located in a scar after a Caesarean section, with highly increased values of human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) concentration in blood serum. The pregnancy was removed and the wound was stitched during laparotomy, without a need to remove the uterus.
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