[Cesarean scar ectopic pregnancies: combined modality therapies with uterine artery embolization before surgical procedure]. 2015

J Le Gall, and A Fichez, and G Lamblin, and C A Philip, and C Huissoud
Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, hospices civils de Lyon, 93, Grande-Rue-de-la-Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France. Electronic address: jlegall@9online.fr.

OBJECTIVE To offer a therapeutic management of cesarean scar pregnancies (GSC) in the first trimester of pregnancy with a first approach by uterine artery embolization (UAE) PATIENTS AND METHODS: This study describes seven cases of GSC diagnosed between 2009 and 2013 in the clinic of the University Hospital of the Hospital of Croix-Rousse. We present the symptoms and how imagery has led to the diagnosis and the therapeutic management conducted. RESULTS The mean gestational age at diagnosis was 9 weeks gestation. There were ongoing pregnancies with cardiac activity present for each patient. An additional MRI was performed in five patients. Five patients were treated with methotrexate injection, two patients received the Mifegyne. All patients then received a selective uterine artery embolization. Finally within 48hours, suction curettage was performed in 6 patients. A patient at 13 WA+1 required a subtotal hysterectomy for placenta accreta. Intra-operative complications were represented by a bladder injury, two bleeding of 1000mL in patients at 13 WA+1 and 12 WA. For the 6 cases of GSC with a gestational age less than 10 WA, average blood loss was less than 500mL. Three patients underwent resection of scar isthmocele confirmed by EVAC. An intrauterine pregnancy was carried to term after care. CONCLUSIONS Cesarean scar pregnancies is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, which should be diagnosed as early as soon as possible with care in a medical facility with a uterine artery embolization technical platform. Our protocol combining Mifegyne and methotrexate for termination of pregnancy and uterine artery embolization (UAE) followed by curettage for evacuation of pregnancy allows conservative treatment while minimizing the risk of bleeding (for GSC diagnosed before 10 WA).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007044 Hysterectomy Excision of the uterus. Hysterectomies
D008727 Methotrexate An antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. It is an inhibitor of TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE and prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA. Amethopterin,Methotrexate Hydrate,Methotrexate Sodium,Methotrexate, (D)-Isomer,Methotrexate, (DL)-Isomer,Methotrexate, Dicesium Salt,Methotrexate, Disodium Salt,Methotrexate, Sodium Salt,Mexate,Dicesium Salt Methotrexate,Hydrate, Methotrexate,Sodium, Methotrexate
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011261 Pregnancy Trimester, First The beginning third of a human PREGNANCY, from the first day of the last normal menstrual period (MENSTRUATION) through the completion of 14 weeks (98 days) of gestation. Early Placental Phase,Pregnancy, First Trimester,Trimester, First,Early Placental Phases,First Pregnancy Trimester,First Pregnancy Trimesters,First Trimester,First Trimester Pregnancies,First Trimester Pregnancy,First Trimesters,Phase, Early Placental,Phases, Early Placental,Placental Phase, Early,Placental Phases, Early,Pregnancies, First Trimester,Pregnancy Trimesters, First,Trimesters, First
D011271 Pregnancy, Ectopic A potentially life-threatening condition in which EMBRYO IMPLANTATION occurs outside the cavity of the UTERUS. Most ectopic pregnancies (>96%) occur in the FALLOPIAN TUBES, known as TUBAL PREGNANCY. They can be in other locations, such as UTERINE CERVIX; OVARY; and abdominal cavity (PREGNANCY, ABDOMINAL). Ectopic Pregnancy,Pregnancy, Extrauterine,Ectopic Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancies,Extrauterine Pregnancy,Pregnancies, Ectopic,Pregnancies, Extrauterine
D002585 Cesarean Section Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY. Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D002921 Cicatrix The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING. Scars,Cicatrization,Scar,Scarring
D003131 Combined Modality Therapy The treatment of a disease or condition by several different means simultaneously or sequentially. Chemoimmunotherapy, RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY, chemoradiotherapy, cryochemotherapy, and SALVAGE THERAPY are seen most frequently, but their combinations with each other and surgery are also used. Multimodal Treatment,Therapy, Combined Modality,Combined Modality Therapies,Modality Therapies, Combined,Modality Therapy, Combined,Multimodal Treatments,Therapies, Combined Modality,Treatment, Multimodal,Treatments, Multimodal
D003475 Curettage A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new growth or other abnormal tissue, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoon-shaped instrument designed for that purpose. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Dorland, 27th ed) Curettages
D005260 Female Females

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