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

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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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  1. 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Maistrasse 11, 80337, Munich, Germany

    Florian Bergauer, Klaus Friese & Ioannis Mylonas

  2. Institute of Pathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Herbert Meißner

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Bergauer, F., Meißner, H., Friese, K. et al. Intrauterine fetal bone retention after late-term abortion by external force in the 20th week of pregnancy. Arch Gynecol Obstet 281, 569–570 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-009-1230-x

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