Alternative Treatment Method for Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy

Abstract

Correspondence: Dr. Ali Emre Tahaoğlu. Diyarbakır Kadın Doğum ve Çocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi, Diyarbakır Phone: 0412 251 91 25 Received: 03.12.2013 Accepted: 24.06.2014 Online date: 08.06.2016 e-mail: alyemre@yahoo.com Introduction Cervical pregnancy is a very rarely seen type of ectopic pregnancy. Cervical pregnancy is seen in 1/25001/12000 pregnancies (0.15% of all ectopic pregnancies).[1] Diagnosis of this rarely seen ectopic pregnancy is made based on Ushakov criteria:[2] 1) Gestational sac is localized in the endocervix, 2) intact cervical canal is found between gestational sac and endometrium, 3) invasion of endocervical tissue by trophoblasts, 4) presence of an empty uterine cavity, 5) presence of endometrial decidualization, 6) uterus resembling hourglass. Presently discussed is case of cervical ectopic pregnancy treated successfully with McDonald cerclage and ligation of branches of cervical uterine artery.