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Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics 3/2010

01-03-2010 | Materno-fetal Medicine

Intrauterine fetal bone retention after late-term abortion by external force in the 20th week of pregnancy

Authors: Florian Bergauer, Herbert Meißner, Klaus Friese, Ioannis Mylonas

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 3/2010

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Abstract

Objectives

Intrauterine retention of fetal bones is a rare complication of spontaneous miscarriages or termination of pregnancy.

Results

We present a case with fetal bone retention after a miscarriage that occurred after external assault in about the 20th week of gestation.

Conclusions

Since the global mobility has rapidly increased, women from a totally different lifeworld (i.e. escaping from civil war areas in underdeveloped countries) could abruptly present themselves as patients in industrial countries, so every physician should be aware of the described implications.
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Metadata
Title
Intrauterine fetal bone retention after late-term abortion by external force in the 20th week of pregnancy
Authors
Florian Bergauer
Herbert Meißner
Klaus Friese
Ioannis Mylonas
Publication date
01-03-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1230-x

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