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A Case report of pregnancy with cervical fibroid

POORNIMA A ASHOKAN

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Most of the uterine fibroids are located in the body of the uterus , but in 1-2 of cases they are confined to cervix. Pregnancy along with a fibroid is a high risk pregnancy which may lead to complications. A cervical fibroid during pregnancy is rare. In this case report cervical fibroid was large,  intramural, anterior situated in the supravaginal portion of cervix which was managed conservatively.


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