Ectopic pregnancy in a cesarean section scar treated with intramuscular methotrexate and bilateral uterine artery embolization

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Hois, Erin L ^a   Hibbeln, John F ^a   Alonzo, Marc J ^a   Chen, Meri E ^a   Freimanis, Maija G ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section scar; Ectopic pregnancy; Myometrium; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GELFOAM; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOMETRIUM; SKIN SCAR; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CESAREAN SECTION; CICATRIX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; METHOTREXATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 38349138033     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20374     Document Type: Article

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