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Case 20 - A 35-Year-Old Woman with a Fetal Demise at 20 Weeks’ Gestation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

By
Elissa T. Serapio
Edited by
Todd R. Jenkins ,
Lisa Keder ,
Abimola Famuyide ,
Kimberly S. Gecsi  and
David Chelmow
Todd R. Jenkins
Affiliation:
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Lisa Keder
Affiliation:
Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus
Abimola Famuyide
Affiliation:
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
Kimberly S. Gecsi
Affiliation:
Medical College of Wisconsin
David Chelmow
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
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Summary

A 35-year-old female, gravida 1, para 0, presents to the clinic for her anatomy ultrasound at 20 weeks’ gestation. She denies any complaints and has not yet begun feeling fetal movements. Her prenatal course thus far has been unremarkable. She declined aneuploidy screening earlier in her pregnancy. Her past medical history is significant for chronic hypertension, which has been controlled with labetalol. She has no other relevant past medical or surgical history. She has no known allergies.

Keywords

missed abortiondilation and evacuationlaminaria
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Surgical Gynecology
A Case-Based Approach
 , pp. 55 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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