A Foreign Body in the Cervix after Spontaneous Abortion: A Rare Case of a Traumatic Fetal Decapitation | Zendy

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A Foreign Body in the Cervix after Spontaneous Abortion: A Rare Case of a Traumatic Fetal Decapitation

Author(s) -

Danielle Holland,

Johnathan M. Sheele

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in emergency medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-648X

pISSN - 2090-6498

DOI - 10.1155/2014/327836

Subject(s) - medicine , abortion , foreign body , cervix , fetus , complication , products of conception , obstetrics , pregnancy , fetal head , incomplete abortion , surgery , cancer , genetics , biology , misoprostol

Although incomplete spontaneous abortions are common in early pregnancy, fetal decapitation does not specifically appear in the medical literature as a known complication of spontaneous abortion. We present a rare and unusual case of an incomplete spontaneous abortion occurring at home with the mother presenting to the emergency department (ED) with a decapitated fetus and a retained fetal head in the cervical os.

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