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Pregnancy coexisting with a uterine abscess in a double uterus: a case report and review of literature.

Zimmer M, Omanwa K, Milnerowicz-Nabzdyk E, Pomorski M, Michniewicz J, Klosek A.
Case Reports 2008; 29(6): 871-873 PubMed PMID: 19112397 Citation  Keywords:  Abscess:complications, Anti-Bacterial Agents:therapeutic use, Cesarean Section, Female, Humans, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Complications, Infectious:drug therapy, Pregnancy Outcome, Treatment Outcome, Uterine Diseases:complications, Uterus:abnormalities, Young .   

: A 20 year old primigravida with a double uterus was admitted with a viable fetus in the right uterus and pus oozing from the left one. Management consisted of a regimen of intravenous antibiotics and intravaginal antibiotic tablets. Tocolysis was used to arrest imminent preterm labor. In the course of pregnancy IUGR was diagnosed. At 38 weeks of pregnancy a SGA baby boy of 2,440 g was delivered by cesarean section. The mother and the baby were discharged from the hospital in good general condition....

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