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Spontaneous viable pregnancies in cervical and rectal endometriosis: a report of two cases.

Ganesh AL, Chakravarty B

School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kolkata, India.

OBJECTIVE: To report two cases of advanced pelvic endometriosis, both with deep rectal involvement and one with extensive cervical involvement appearing like a carcinoma, where both patients achieved spontaneous pregnancy and delivered viable babies. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Institute of Reproductive Medicine. PATIENT(S): Two nulliparous patients, one with extensive cervical and rectal and other with deep rectal endometriosis and primary infertility. INTERVENTION(S): Medical management. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Description and treatment of two patients with advanced pelvic endometriosis and pregnancy. RESULT(S): Delivery of viable babies in both cases. CONCLUSION: Prolonged medical treatment may have helped to arrest the progression of the disease by restoring anatomic proximity leading to spontaneous pregnancy in both cases.

Published 16 March 2007 in Fertil Steril, 87(3): 697.e1-4.
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